How to disable auto updates on windows 8

We can disable Windows automatic updates from command line using the below command. reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update" /v AUOptions /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f. I tested this on Windows XP, Windows server 2003 and Windows 7 and it works perfectly.

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