Arggg - How do I disable Automatic Restart after download

[Guest Th]

Hello,

I am new here. I generally leave my computer on and occassionaly I will come

back to my pc after 5 minutes having been working on important documentation

and find that an automatic update has occured and my pc has restarted. I then

lose valuable data - end up cursing and generally it ruins the rest of my

day. I am sure the Microsoft guys get a kick out of ruining people's days but

HOW DO I DISABLE AN AUTOMATIC RESTART! McAfee requests that I restart - so

how do I do the same for my Microsoft restart. I am fearing for the safety of

my PC because this is driving me to madness.

[Guest R. McCarty]

Re: Arggg - How do I disable Automatic Restart after download

 

The easiest solution is to modify Automatic Updates action from

Automatic to Notify. This way when new updates are available

you'll only get the Security Shield ( Yellow ) notification in the tray.

It WILL BE up to you to initiate the download/installs and not

miss applying necessary patches. Also Updates ( besides the

definitions for Windows Defender ) appear on specific days of

the month.

 

You can make the change with the Automatic Updates applet in

Control Panel ( Classic View ).

 

"Th" <midge2005-prop@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message

news:E5D69984-E521-4687-8B8E-FDC9E854D3DC@microsoft.com...

> Hello,

> I am new here. I generally leave my computer on and occassionaly I will

> come

> back to my pc after 5 minutes having been working on important

> documentation

> and find that an automatic update has occured and my pc has restarted. I

> then

> lose valuable data - end up cursing and generally it ruins the rest of my

> day. I am sure the Microsoft guys get a kick out of ruining people's days

> but

> HOW DO I DISABLE AN AUTOMATIC RESTART! McAfee requests that I restart - so

> how do I do the same for my Microsoft restart. I am fearing for the safety

> of

> my PC because this is driving me to madness.

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Arggg - How do I disable Automatic Restart after download

 

Th wrote:

> Hello,

> I am new here. I generally leave my computer on and occassionaly I will come

> back to my pc after 5 minutes having been working on important documentation

> and find that an automatic update has occured and my pc has restarted. I then

> lose valuable data - end up cursing and generally it ruins the rest of my

> day. I am sure the Microsoft guys get a kick out of ruining people's days but

> HOW DO I DISABLE AN AUTOMATIC RESTART! McAfee requests that I restart - so

> how do I do the same for my Microsoft restart. I am fearing for the safety of

> my PC because this is driving me to madness.

 

You can change your Windows Update Group Policy settings to change

the reboot/auto-nag behaviour.

 

For Windows XP Professional:

 

Click Start | Run | type gpedit.msc and click OK or press enter.

 

Look in:

 

Local Computer Policy | Computer Configuration | Administrative

Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update

 

For Windows XP Home you will have to do a manual registry edit at:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

 

Edit Reg_DWORD entry name: NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers

 

Range = 0|1;

 

1 = Logged-on user gets to choose whether or not to restart his or her

computer.

 

0 = Automatic Updates notifies user that the computer will restart in 5

minutes.

 

See:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449.aspx

 

John