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6 votes
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What keeps re-enabling update orchestrator service in Windows 10?

The following services have successfully been disabled, and their executable files that activate them have had their security permissions removed under propteries: Background Intelligent Transfer ...
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14 votes
7 answers
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Windows 10 - Which services and Windows features and so on are unnecesary and can be safely disabled? [closed]

I am a Windows power user, tweaker, and tinkerer. I use Windows Explorer, cmd, Control Panel, PowerShell and everything that can be accessed from the Control Panel very often. Recently I have done a ...
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1 vote
0 answers
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How to kill Windows Update Medic Service

Having extreme difficulties getting Windows to stop auto-restarting my workstation after updates. I've lost so much work I don't even care anymore, I just want to disable the whole thing. ...
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4 votes
2 answers
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How to stop DoSvc service?

I'm trying to pause Windows Updates on a Windows 10 machine (because I kind of need to download something else at this particular moment). I've found a few sites recommending certain services be ...
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1 vote
2 answers
4k views

Win 10 denying access to start-up property of DoSvc and wuauserv services through batch file

My home internet is of depressing quality, so when Windows initiates downloads without my permission, it makes every device on the network practically unable to use the internet. Disabling the ...
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0 votes
1 answer
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Does disabing wuauserv service affect installation of updates?

I want to manually control the launch the Windows Update service on a Windows 10 Home laptop because it runs too frequently, causing high CPU and draining the battery. The idea is that the the ...
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2 votes
1 answer
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Did I just completely disable Windows 10 updates by disabling the Windows Update service?

I have a data cap and was trying to disable auto-updates on my laptop to use less data. I went into Services from the control panel and set the Startup Type of Windows Update to Disabled by right-...
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0 votes
3 answers
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Windows 10 Updater doesn't work (0x80080005) and Windows updater service won't start (0x80070002)

I'm at my wits end with this issue... I heard the news of a big Win10 update hitting soon and I wanted to check if I had it already. To my surprise, my system last update was the 6th of October... odd....
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