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dance2die
Asked: 2009-05-02 08:08:24 +0800 CST

How do you prevent restarting machine after critial Windows updates?

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After running critical Windows updates, you are required to reboot machine within certain period. On my Windows Vista, the longest I can pause is 4 hours.

Is there a way to disable reboot proprompt and be done with it?

windows windows-update

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  1. Best Answer

    Yes. The easy way, assuming you're not in a domain, is to edit the local policy through gpedit.msc

    It's in Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Windows Update and you can change "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations".

    There are some other settings you can tweak here, including setting AU to download and notify for install instead of just installing.

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  2. You can also shut down the Windows update service using the commmand sc stop wuauserv It will restart with your next reboot.

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  3. The equivalent registry data (for Home editions) for the Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations group policy setting is:

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000005a0

    For the maximum (in group policy) allowed value of 1440 minutes, or 24 hours.
    Can make a .reg file out of this.

    Disabling the timeout defaults it to 10 minutes as the group policy information suggests.

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  4. Why not just set the system to download but not install updates. Then the updates will be installed when you shut the system down (if you allow the install)

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