Windows Update service keeps starting on Windows 11 when disabled

In this post, I describe how to stop the Windows Update service from automatically starting on Windows 11 even when the startup type has been set to Disabled:

Screenshot of Windows Update service properties with Startup type set to Disabled

On a test PC, you may not want to run the Windows Update service which can consume CPU resource and decrease the performance of the PC.  Usually, disabling the Windows Update service stops it from running.  However, sometimes the service reenables itself and starts running.


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The service is reenabled and started by a Scheduled Task.  To stop this:

1. Open Task Scheduler

2. Navigate to Microsoft > Windows > WindowsUpdate

Screenshot of Windows Update scheduled task

3. Right click and Disable Scheduled Start


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