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Remove Automatic Restart After Windows Updates
Jun 16th, 2006 - Subscribe
Keywords: remove, automatic, updates, restart, windows
Remove Automatic Restart After Windows Updates
by FrosT
Introdcution
Windows has always been a pain in the butt. Today's story is no different. Everyone who has a Windows machine has Windows Update, which chances are is turned to on. In the past few months I noticed Windows added an extra annoyance to Windows Updates. Anytime you install a Windows Update that requires you to restart your computer, you must restart it or be annoyed with a pop-up message every 10 minutes that gives you 5 minutes to decline or have your Windows system reboot automatically. Well thanks to some careful internet searching I have found your solution!
Windows, Let Me Chose to Restart!
Well I for one have been fed up with Windows Updates automatic restart from day one. Once I found out that it will reboot my computer, even if I am not there, really ticked me off. Reason being is I like to convert AVI files to MPG for burning onto a DVD. Well the process for converting an AVI file to an MPG file can be time consuming, so it requires at least 1 hour for a 400 MB AVI file. What I do is start the conversion process in the morning and when I get home for work viola my AVI file has been successfully converted to an MPG file, or has it? Well Windows Update has screwed me many times, enough to where I disabled Windows Update completely. I do not like the fact that I will not ever receive any more updates because now I am potentially vulnerable.
After months of searching for maybe a registry hack to disable this automatic restart after Windows Update, updates I finally found the solution. Yes, I am going to be nice enough to share the information on how you can prevent Windows Update from automatically restarting your personal computer!
Removing the Automatic Restart After Windows Updates
Just a short disclaimer, I will take no responsibility for any action you chose to take regarding this article. After you read this article, you are liable for any adverse effects this may cause to yours or someone else's computer.
Alright, first off let's click the Start button. Once the menu pulls up we can click on "Run". Now you should have a field to type in, let's type "gpedit.msc" and hit enter. Once the screen comes up click the + next to "Local Group Policy" than "Computer Configuration" than "Administrative Template" than click on the "Windows Updates" folder. In here you will find a bunch of different variables. If you click on them in the right pane there should be some definitions of what each one does. I will not go in-depth on all of them because you can obviously read. The key we are looking for is "No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates Installations". Right click on that value and hit properties. Now click on Enabled, than hit "Apply" and "Ok". Now close the Console1 window. It will prompt you to save, choose "Yes" and than "Save". Now that you have saved the settings a reboot is necessary for the policy to take effect.
Ending Notes
Now you have successfully stopped Windows Updates from automatically restarting your computer after updates have been installed. If you have any contributions to make to this tutorial feel free to do so. Breathe easier as you can now have your computer fully updated all the time without having to re-boot!
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Comments:
s0rry
on June 22nd, 2006
Thanks...
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imaginary
on June 23rd, 2006
<('o')>
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lucylou
on June 26th, 2006
many thanks! =)
ps. i'm lindsay. nice to meet you!
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anonymous
on July 14th, 2006
LOCAL COMPUTER POLICY -> COMPUTER CONFIGURATION -> ADMINISTRATIVE TEMPLATES -> WINDOWS COMPONENTS -> WINDOWS UPDATE
Also by clicking yes to the save after closing it you are saving a default MSC file when really you should NOT be doing this and really making and creating your own.
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anonymous
on July 17th, 2006
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frost
on July 17th, 2006
--FrosT
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anonymous
on August 13th, 2006
Wow Windows really sucks sometimes... but Mac can really suck sometimes too... that's why I've got both
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anonymous
on August 28th, 2006
For OS Win2000.
If there isn´t Windows update in Administrative Template,
1. Right-click on Administrative Templates and choose Add/Remove Templates….
2. Click Add…, and choose wuau.adm
3. Click Close. Windows Update should show up in the list now.
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anonymous
on October 05th, 2006
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anonymous
on January 12th, 2007
However, one another method using Registry Editor and that should work on all XP versions is this:
1. Navigate to the registry key HKLMSOFTWARE
PoliciesMicrosoftWindowsWindowsUpdateAU.
(create the key(s) if not exist)
2. Change the value "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" to "1".
(create as a new dword value if not exist)
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anonymous
on January 12th, 2007
The registry key path in my previous commend should be:
HKLM -> SOFTWARE ->
Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows -> WindowsUpdate -> AU.
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anonymous
on April 13th, 2007
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anonymous
on April 15th, 2007
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david
on April 23rd, 2007
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anonymous
on May 10th, 2007
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anonymous
on May 24th, 2007
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anonymous
on May 26th, 2007
Policies -> Microsoft -> Windows but Windowsupdate wasn't there. Damn
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anonymous
on June 15th, 2007
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anonymous
on July 03rd, 2007
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anonymous
on July 12th, 2007
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anonymous
on September 22nd, 2007
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anonymous
on October 11th, 2007
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anonymous
on October 11th, 2007
Start
control panel
Security Center
Automatic Updates
click "Notify me but don't automatically download or install item"
Apply
OK
That way, you are completely in charge of when updates are installed and its restarts.
I despise microsoft too, but this seems much simpler
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anonymous
on October 17th, 2007
Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
Windows Components
Windows Update
thats the path I had to take, to get to the No restarts. Very minor change can change for maybe everyone.
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anonymous
on November 20th, 2007
how to remove directory temp in windows after restart.
i mean like cron linux
so, directory temp will be always empty
thanks
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anonymous
on November 28th, 2007
gpupdate /Force
This will reload the Group Policy on the machine and should prevent you from needing to reboot the system after doing this process.
Thanks.
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anonymous
on December 14th, 2007
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsWindowsUpdateAU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
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anonymous
on March 12th, 2008
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anonymous
on June 02nd, 2008
Why wouldn't you simply do the following:
Start
control panel
Security Center
Automatic Updates
click "Notify me but don't automatically download or install item"
Apply
OK
That way, you are completely in charge of when updates are installed and its restarts.
I despise microsoft too, but this seems much simpler
THANK YOU!!! This method is sooo much more simple than everyone made it out to be, I could never follow the above described registry paths for Windows (Home) XP. Hopefully the problem is solved!
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anonymous
on June 17th, 2008
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anonymous
on July 09th, 2008
I'm running W2K and I've no plans to 'upgrade' to XP - so an extra thanks to those of you who persevered with the W2K thread.
PS: comments such as: "Screw windows 2000, update your OS." - are really unhelpful and totally unproductive. If one has the compulsion to always clamber to use the latest M$ offering, then good luck. But some of us don't do this for good reasons - you might like to consider that before making such comments..!?
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anonymous
on August 14th, 2008
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anonymous
on August 15th, 2008
And modify it to give it a hex value of 1. If it doesn't exist, make a new DWORD with that name first.
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anonymous
on August 15th, 2008
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anonymous
on August 20th, 2008
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anonymous
on August 28th, 2008
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