Windows 10: How do I prevent Skype from automatically loading in Windows 10

Hi -


How do I prevent Windows 10 Pro 1803 from loading Skype at startup? It's consuming resources on several of my PCs that I'll never use for teleconferencing and I want to recover those resources.


Thanks in advance.

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Windows 10 and Skype

Updategate: Microsoft said to be auto-creating Skype accounts in Windows 10
Doesn't even check to see whether you need one

Rumor /Story here
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer...be-auto-creating-skype-accounts-in-windows-10

 

Windows 10 and Skype

And not only that but also:

Windows 10 Anniversary Update will double the number of Start menu ads/promoted apps

Sure, all that stuff can be uninstalled but then again who needs more crapware

edit: without that W10 clean installation could've been much faster just like on ltsb version

clean out-of-box start menu on W10 ltsb

 

Latest updates prevent Windows from loading; automatic repair fails

The latest updates (5th January) prevent Windows 10 from loading. Here is the train of events.

• Run the updates
• Restart the computer
• Shows a black screen with the jail window (or whatever you call that blue window); I waited 20 minutes before giving up
• Ctrl+Alt+Delete: nothing happens
• Press the hardware power button: the computer switches off
• Turn on the computer: goes back to step 3
• Hard power-off
• Turn on computer: goes into automatic repair
• Message: "Automatic repair couldn't repair your PC"
• Select "Advanced options" > "Troubleshoot" > "Advanced options" > "System Restore" and restore to the most recent system restore point
• Computer restarts normally

I have tried this three times, and the results are consistent. Every time that I run updates, the computer won't load.

What can I do, please, to get the updates working again? As far as I know, it's not possible to prevent the automatic updates (which was what began this process), and anyway I wouldn't want to prevent updates because of the security risk.

Thank you