JSI Tip 5832. How do I disable the Knowledge Consistency Checker from automatically creating replication topology?

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 242780 contains the following summary:

The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) is a Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 component that automatically generates and maintains the intra-site and inter-site replication topology. You can disable the KCC's automatic generation of intra-site or inter-site topology management, or both.