On Fri, 16 May 2008 22:11:32 -0700 (PDT), Dreamchaser wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm using dial-up and wish to turn Update off as its real slow. Tried
> ending wuauclt.exe but it kept restarting. Thanks people.

Start | Settings | ControlPanel | Administrative Tools, click Services,
right click Automatic Updates, click Properties, in Startup type drop-down
menu select 'Disabled', click OK and you're done.