Hello Be4stElectrjc, I can certainly understand why you want to disable automatic updates these days. Forum guru ilikefree has suggested setting the service to manual start (
https://www.vistax64.com/windows-up...seems-hang-while-checking-24.html#post1407512). I have not tested that because I use Microsoft Security Essentials, and automatic definition updates would probably be prevented also (whereas setting Windows Update to "never check for updates" does
not interfere with definition updates). Anyway, right-clicking the red shield and selecting Exit once per logon does not bother me very much.
On the other hand, I would
never think of disabling UAC, which is an important security feature of Vista. By far the safest way to operate, especially when browsing the internet, is to be logged in as a standard user with UAC turned on, and with your administrator account protected by a strong password. If you are determined to disable those warnings, I suppose you can search the forums as easily as I could.