Question: Can I Disable Windows Update Medic Service?
Contents Yes, You Can Disable Windows Update Medic Service, but If You Try to Do So via Windows Services Manager, You Will Get an Access Is Denied Message. the...
Yes, you can disable Windows Update Medic Service, but if you try to do so via Windows Services Manager, you will get an Access is Denied message. The easier way would be to take the help of a freeware called Windows Update Blocker.
How do I permanently disable Windows Update medic service?
Go to `HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesWaaSMedicSvc` 3. In right pane, double click on Start registry DWORD to modify its Value data. 4. Set the Value data to 4 to disable Windows Update Medic Service.
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Should Windows Update medic service be running?
Its only purpose is to repair the Windows Update service so that your PC can continue to receive updates unhindered. It also handles the remediation and protection of all Windows Update components. As such, even if you disable all Windows Update-related services, WaasMedic will restart them at some point.
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