How to disable jusched.exe on Windows 7 64-bit?

I have recently purchased a new laptop from an OEM with Windows 7 64-bit. This system came pre-installed with (among other stuff) the Java Runtime Environment (64bit). This has put the "jusched.exe" (Java update scheduler) process in my start-up processes. I want to disable this however, because I want to schedule the update process myself.

Now, on my other 32-bit system, this was simply a matter of going to the Control Panel, selecting Java, clicking the 'Update' tab, and there it could be disabled. However, there is no update tab on this 64-bit version of the Java config tool.

I have been trying a number of things so far to disable jusched:

• Running the config tool as admin: still no tab
• remove it from the start up folder: there was no entry for jusched
• trying to disable it from msconfig: again no entry for jusched

So, does anyone have any other suggestions (apart from uninstalling java)? Thanks!

Solution 1:

Search for it in Administrative Tools / Task Scheduler.

You can also use Autoruns and search for "java" or "jusched" for any startup of any kind. The interface makes is easy to disable anything you don't like or re-enable it again.

Solution 2:

To disable jusched.exe without installing anything, run the javacpl.exe file as administrator (right-click the file then select "Run as administrator"), usually located somewhere like :

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe

Then on the Updates tab untick Check for Updates Automatically

Solution 3:

Just delete the registry entry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\SunJavaUpdateSched

Solution 4:

It shows up in my startup tab in msconfig, the command entry points to jusched.exe, Disable it in there as suggested by MBraedley.

Solution 5:

Run msconfig.exe from the start menu search box. Click on the startup tab, and deselect anything that you don't want to run at startup. Note that upgrading your JRE will usually place a new entry in this list.