Stopping Windows Update auto reboot
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From: Terry on 25 Nov 2009 00:29 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?
From: Shenan Stanley on 25 Nov 2009 03:01 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: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 25 Nov 2009 03:23 Yes, choose a setting other than "automatic." 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?
From: Michael on 25 Nov 2009 07:08 "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: Robert Aldwinckle on 25 Nov 2009 08:33
"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? Stop the service: net stop wuauserv --- |