I get it, Windows. You downloaded an update and you want to restart. I postpone it four hours, which means six times a day, for the last three weeks, you’ve bugged me with the same stupid prompt. Problem is, when you restart, you stop my music and close the 15 windows I have open. And what am I supposed to do for three minutes while you restart–USE MY iPhone to access the Internet?!

How dare you.

Here’s an easy way to stop Windows 7 from nagging you: stop the Windows Update service. It’ll automatically restart the next time you start your computer. Just follow these steps:

1. Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Manage.

2. In the Details pane, expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.

3. Scroll down to Windows Update. Right-click Windows Update, and then click Stop.

No more nagging!

You can also stop the Windows Update service from a script or command prompt, provided you have administrative privileges. Just run this command:

net stop wuauserv