How to stop the Google Update background tool?

Posted by Dimitri C. on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Dimitri C.
Published on 2010-03-01T09:42:49Z Indexed on 2010/06/04 6:10 UTC
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On my Windows Vista PC, there is always an instance of "GoogleUpdate.exe" running. I find this annoying, so I'd like to make sure it doesn't start automatically. This proves to be not so easy, as I have tried these solutions:

I disabled the "Google updateservice" service
I removed the registry section "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Google Update"

None of these worked. The registry section is simply re-added.

Does anyone know the trick to avoid GoogleUpdate.exe to be started after booting the system?

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