lockupking Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 No AFAIKDo it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 From my experience in the past, Windows never automatically rebooted, it needed user confirmation.Hmmm, yeah, do it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockupking Posted September 30, 2006 Author Share Posted September 30, 2006 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Apache Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl-X Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baywatch Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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