bardos Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 i have automatic updates turned on. "download updates for me but let me chose when to install them". so the updates download automatically and then i install them. keep working and then i get this terribly;y annoying pop-out window every few minutes asking me to restart my computer. any way to turn this off? it's really annoying.
nitroshift Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 Some updates do require a restart after installation.
IcemanND Posted January 11, 2008 Posted January 11, 2008 The easiest would be to restart, but you can also disable it in the group policy editor.Start -> Run -> gpedit.mscnavigate to: Computer Configuration -> Administrative Template -> Windows Components -> Windows UpdateDouble click on No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installationsIn the settings window Choose Enabled and click OKClose Group Policy Editor
bardos Posted January 11, 2008 Author Posted January 11, 2008 i enabled this... see what happens in future. .
bardos Posted January 12, 2008 Author Posted January 12, 2008 nope, this does not work. it is possible that what i have requested has not been understood: i am talking about an annoying windows automatic update message that pops out form the tray after you have installed updates and practically obliges you to reboot when you do not want to. When you click on "restart later", windows xp's idea of "later" is that you need constant reminders, say about every five minutes. that's when it reminds you again. annoying. anyone know how to get rid of this behaviour?
gosh Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 That sounds like a bootreminder. You could delete it from the registry, or disable balloontips , enableballoontips=0-gosh
cluberti Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 enableballoontips=0 will turn it off, but it'll turn ALL balloon tips off, windows update related or not .
Daniel-J Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 (edited) Balloon tips are annoying anyway! DISABLE 'EM ALL!!! Edited January 15, 2008 by Daniel-J
Tarun Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 I don't believe you ever see the update reminder if you do the Windows Updates manually.
PC_LOAD_LETTER Posted January 15, 2008 Posted January 15, 2008 sc stop wuauservwill stop auto updates (and its popups) untill you reboot. just be sure its done installing.on a side note, its less annoying in Vista because it lets you pick 10 minutes, 1 hour, or 4 hours
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