The following site tells you how to stop automatic windows updates from crashing your computer...http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/how-to-stop-windows-update-from-automatically-restarting-your-computer/
Well many updates require a restart for the update to be fully installed. The only solution would be to not install updates.
Stop the "Automatic updates" service.
It is not a good idea to stop updates from Mcafee as there are new viruses created everyday and any new virus not protected by the old updates could infect your computer.
Microsoft will discontinue security updates on April 8, 2014.
There are no benefits to upgrading to Windows XP. This is because Microsoft has decided that it will no longer support Windows XP. Therefore, Windows XP will not be given automatic updates anymore to stop viruses. It is better in the long run to just get a Windows 8 capable computer because that operating system is the newest on the market.
Buy a licenced copy of Windows and install it.
Only for Windows Vista, but you can use it on Windows XP, but that will stop Multiplayer from working.
Go to start-All programs and on the top you will find windows update.Open it and Click" change settings" and make changes like updating manually or as you like
Support for Windows XP is planned to be discontinued by Microsoft in 2014 along with support for their software Office 2003. New computer manufacturers have already moved away from the operating system, preferring the successful Windows 7 or Windows 8, however anyone is free to keep installing it on computers as long as they remain compatible.
No don't stay with xp or get Windows 7 unless you want to have your computer crash non-stop
This website http://news.com.com/Windows+2000+users+to+miss+out+on+IE+7/2100-1032_3-5729544.html mentions that Windows 2000 will no longer be supported after the year 2010. From Ryan at Edutech Plus
In UNIX: with command kill, in Windows: from Task Manager.