2 docs tagged with "disable-google-background-automatic-updates"

This script disables the "Google Update Service" services. These services are identified as "gupdate" and "gupdatem". They are responsible for keeping Google software up to date by initiating updates. They are linked to the "GoogleUpdate.exe" executable located in the "%PROGRAMFILES%\\Google\\Update" directory. The services operate based on a client/service model, where the client requests services to conduct updates. Despite both services being named "Google Update Service", they are associated w...

This script disables the scheduled tasks used by Google to automatically update its software on Windows. The Google Update service creates two main tasks: "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineCore": Initiates automatic updates. • "GoogleUpdateTaskMachineUA": Corresponds to "Updates app". In newer versions of the Google Update service, these task names have random suffixes appended to them. Both of these tasks call the executable file "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Update\\GoogleUpdate.exe". This process is of...