How to disable WMC automatic update

Windows Media Center does update itself via Internet, regardless of the Windows Update configuration.
How can I disable this?

So, you're never, ever going to use Windows Update?
You do realize that this is how you get updates for the operating system (Windows itself), as well as any other MS software that you have installed, yes?
Honestly, not a good idea.
Perhaps you could say what you've observed to occur, so that we might be able to offer a more proper resolution (read: fix why this isn't working for you?)
The earlier suggestion should work. I've verified it myself.
On my laptop (which has no tuners; therefore, it doesn't need a Guide to go with them), I unchecked that box, oh, well before I wrote that post in March 2009. Never since have I seen the 'downloading Guide data' icon pop up in my
systray, never has the laptop woken itself to run a Guide update.
Regards,
Chris
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