Stop Windows Auto Update Rebooting

Posted in Tips, Windows | June 13th, 2008

If you are working on something very important and windows keep prompting you to restart your computer so that the updates will take place. This restart prompt step away for a moment and may reboot your computer and cause frustration. Fortunately you can stop it in XP Professional

Run "gpedit.msc"
Go to Computer Configuration | Administrative Template | Windows Components | Windows Update
Then double click ‘No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations’ and choose ‘Enabled’ in the settings window.

3 Responses to “Stop Windows Auto Update Rebooting”

Sandip on June 14th, 2008 | 10:49 am

Great Tip,Thanks for Sharing
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Alex B on June 15th, 2008 | 10:02 am

Awsome! I get very annoyed by this in Windows. I am glad I found this post on your site.

Cheers
Alex