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From: Randy Bell on 25 Nov 2009 10:15 I had a funny thing happen to me recently. I set MalwareBytes Anti-Malware (MBAM) to do a thorough scan (full scan) of my system. The dang thing was soooo slow, had not finished after 7+ hrs so I went to bed thinking it would be finished in the morning; but when I woke up, alas, Windows Update had rebooted my system and whoosh went my long-awaited MBAM Scan Results. Hehe, that's funny, looking back on it, but you're right, one should save his work before leaving computer, but in this instance I forgot about the possibility that WU would do this to me! :) "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:u06DUWabKHA.1596(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Terry wrote: >> Time and again, I've lost work because I've been pulled away from >> my computer and windows update decided it was more important to >> reboot my computer right then than it was to let me save me work. >> Is there anyway of preventing the auto reboot short of turning off >> windows update? > > Change it so that *you* control when it installs updates. Doesn't change > it automatically finding or possibly even downloading them - just that you > then control when they install and thus - when the reboots happen. > > Also - if you walk away from your computer - you should save your work. > Common sense. ;-) > > -- > Shenan Stanley > MS-MVP > -- > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
From: Terry on 28 Nov 2009 09:55 It's interesting how the responses range from empathy to ridicule. Must be nice to live in a perfect world. -- an Old Man. "Michael" wrote: > "Terry" <Terry(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:138BC30F-5AA8-46AE-ADCF-BB452B49C600(a)microsoft.com... > > Time and again, I've lost work because I've been pulled away from my > > computer > > and windows update decided it was more important to reboot my computer > > right > > then than it was to let me save me work. Is there anyway of preventing the > > auto reboot short of turning off windows update? > > Weren't you crying about this a few days ago? > -- > > > "Don't pick a fight with an old man. > If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." > > > . >
From: Michael on 28 Nov 2009 14:28
It is. Thanks. -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "Terry" <Terry(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D4A1A69B-8AEE-41FA-86C6-4590702F5FDF(a)microsoft.com... > It's interesting how the responses range from empathy to ridicule. Must be > nice to live in a perfect world. > > -- an Old Man. > > "Michael" wrote: > >> "Terry" <Terry(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:138BC30F-5AA8-46AE-ADCF-BB452B49C600(a)microsoft.com... >> > Time and again, I've lost work because I've been pulled away from my >> > computer >> > and windows update decided it was more important to reboot my computer >> > right >> > then than it was to let me save me work. Is there anyway of preventing >> > the >> > auto reboot short of turning off windows update? >> >> Weren't you crying about this a few days ago? >> -- >> >> >> "Don't pick a fight with an old man. >> If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." >> >> >> . >> |