Disable windows update using PureBasic?

[stmdbe2019]

How to do the same thing in PureBasic for Windows 10 home/pro?

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strComputer = "."  'could be any computer, not just the local one '
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Service where Name = 'wuauserv'")

For Each objService in colServiceList
  objService.ChangeStartMode("Disabled")
Next

Const AU_DISABLED = 1

Set objAutoUpdate = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.AutoUpdate")
Set objSettings = objAutoUpdate.Settings

objSettings.NotificationLevel = AU_DISABLED
objSettings.Save

[RSBasic]

For example, you can use my library if you want to use WMI: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=70329

[RSBasic]

You can also disable the Windows Update services with sc.exe:

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EnableExplicit

;Disable and stop services
RunProgram("sc.exe", "stop wuauserv", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "config wuauserv start= disabled", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "stop BITS", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "sc config BITS start= disabled", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)

;Enable and start services
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "config BITS start= AUTO", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "start BITS", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "config wuauserv start= AUTO", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "start wuauserv", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)

(administrator rights required)

[VB6_to_PBx]

You can also disable the Windows Update services with sc.exe:

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EnableExplicit

;Disable and stop services
RunProgram("sc.exe", "stop wuauserv", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "config wuauserv start= disabled", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "stop BITS", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
RunProgram("sc.exe", "sc config BITS start= disabled", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)

;Enable and start services
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "config BITS start= AUTO", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "start BITS", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "config wuauserv start= AUTO", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)
;RunProgram("sc.exe", "start wuauserv", "", #PB_Program_Hide | #PB_Program_Wait)

(administrator rights required)

Would that Code also Stop Microsoft Security Essentials anti-virus software from updating Virus definitions ?

[RSBasic]

Yes, because the virus definitions are loaded via Windows Update.
But there is a CMD command to load the virus definitions manually: %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Security Essentials\MpCmdRun.exe -SignatureUpdate