[TechGuy5002]

Cool. Thanks! That was what I was looking for.

Note: If you manually apply updates MS turns on auto updates back on automatically. Be sure to check the updates setting after your machine reboots for updates.

MS: Silly user, You disabled automatic updates! Let me fix that for you, and not tell you either that I've re-enable auto updates

[Lee DeRaud]

Note: If you manually apply updates MS turns on auto updates back on automatically. Be sure to check the updates setting after your machine reboots for updates.

MS: Silly user, You disabled automatic updates! Let me fix that for you, and not tell you either that I've re-enable auto updates

Turning off automatic install is persistent, at least in Windows7. And a manual install will not auto-reboot, just nag incessantly.

Auto-check/download may behave as you describe, but they are more-or-less benign in this context.