How do i turn off auto update for mountain lion OS?

Today my computer informed me it was going to perform an update and restart my computer.  This is a first for me with Apple products. 
Does anyone know how to turn off auto-update?  When installing the software i ticked the box that disallowed auto-update but i must have missed doing it some other place in the upgrade process.
Thank you.

davefromtemple wrote:
Thomas... another bad answer.  When you say...
Your Mac will never force you to update.  WRONG.
When I updated to the latest software updates... I was asked if I would like automatic updates.
Unfortunately, I pressed Yes.
Now, I'm in the middle of working on something and my display goes bright white... then I get a message that says "Installing Software Update"... then the display goes bright white... the computer turns off and I need to sign on again.
AND I can't find a way to turn off automatic software updates!
You are posting in the wrong forum, please try to keep up.

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