Comments on: What is wuauclt.exe and wuaudt.exe

By: Michael Boyle

Michael Boyle — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:29:06 +0000

So, I turned off automatic updates.
Now, how do I turn off all the messages telling me that my computer might be at risk because automatic updates is turned off?

By: Scotty

Scotty — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:00:34 +0000

Thank you for this. I disabled wuaudt.exe because it kept "spiking" and using a lot of my limited RAM. Thankfully I ordered more RAM a few days ago, and it should be arriving today. Once it gets here, I 'll re-enable wuaudt.exe, as it shouldn't make much difference then.

By: Drakhir

Drakhir — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:13:39 +0000

Very useful, thank you. It is quite staggering how many types of file from the operating system cripple the use of the very thing they are supposed to streamline! Thanks to people like you, we can unclutter the rubbish that Micro-soft foister on us.

By: techiegal

techiegal — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:30:34 +0000

in XP, services.msi, you will see that the name of the executable is "wuauserv" rather than wuauclt dot exe or wuaaudt dot exe. you can stop the service, but of course there are consequences, and you should read up on them. you can set the service wuauserv to be executed manually. however, read the description in services.msc > automatic updates when you highlight the service, before you select properties, to determine whether or not you truly want to disable automatic startup.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:23:42 +0000

This was a very helpful post. Not only did I follow your directions to disable this process, but I went through all of them on my list deciding what to keep automatic, what to disable, and what to leave as a manual option.

Thanks!

By: Patrick Gregory

Patrick Gregory — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:56:17 +0000

wuauclt.exe I am disabling it on Startup.