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SP1 vs Windows Update Client
After installing SP1, I too have the permanently-running Windows Update and am not keen to leave it churning away using up one CPU core completely for an indeterminate time.
Looking around the forum I have seen several methods that have worked for others. The simplest method seems to be:
-- create a System Restore point,
-- stop the Windows Update Service (from Task Manager / Services tab / [Services] button,
-- download and install a new Windows Update Client from https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/3138612 (Mar 2016),
-- reboot.
I chose that particular WU Client as it is the latest without any new prerequisites.
After that I can then choose which further updates I want to take.
Does that sound OK? Are there any pitfalls to watch out for / things to check?