Windows Reboot after Update

[lockupking]

Is there any way to have windows update automatically, but NEVER reboot automatically? I may have a file open, step away "down the hall" for a moment and when I get back, Stinking Windows thought it should re-boot after updating itself. which means it shut down and lost my open file. How do I find the spot to check that says "Ask for reboot, but don't do it unless I say you can.

[Takeshi]

No AFAIK

Do it manually.

[Jeremy]

From my experience in the past, Windows never automatically rebooted, it needed user confirmation.

Hmmm, yeah, do it manually.

[lockupking]

YEAH! That is what I am trying to make it do. I want to MANUALLY reboot when I am ready for it.

IF I am at the computer, I do see a window that says, "Windows has updated, Need to reboot. Reboot in 15 sec." But if I had stepped away it reboots anyway. What is worse, it gives me the options to "REBOOT NOW" or "REBOOT LATER". If I reboot later, for some reason that still does not mean when I want it to. About 10 min later it tries it again. WHERE do I find the properties for this??? I would like to even take away the auto Update, But I can't find the properties to even do that.

Edited September 30, 2006 by lockupking

[The Apache]

personally, i would let it reboot automatically - it's a critical update so it's important.

and for me, the restart countdown is 5 minutes for me, not 15 seconds.

[Ctrl-X]

Sounds like this is a company managed computer, possibly through SMS. If that's the case, you probably won't be able to do anything about it.

[baywatch]

i use these settings (manual, noautoboot, notification 60 min.)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]

"AUOptions"=dword:00000003

"AutoInstallMinorUpdates"=dword:00000001

"NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption"=dword:00000000

"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001

"NoAutoUpdate"=dword:00000000

"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:0000003c

"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001