Comments on: Disable restart now message after Windows automatic update message

By: Hamayun Ali Shah

Hamayun Ali Shah — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:26:43 +0000

A very straight and to the point description of the matter in hand.Thanks for such a great snippet.

By: minisoft

minisoft — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:59:07 +0000

This is the best tips I’ve ever had! What a super stupid policy the microsoft have. Thanks to you now I can get rid of those super annoying messages/spamming.

By: James Michael Corpuz

James Michael Corpuz — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:40:45 +0000

Great, thanks for your help. You saved me a bunch of time. You are awesome!

By: Ravi Govil

Ravi Govil — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:03:41 +0000

Great buddy. This information was very usefull….hating having my computer automatically restart after an update.

By: Roy Henock

Roy Henock — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:49:04 +0000

Thank you VERY MUCH for showing me how to get rid of this extremely annoying message!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:31:42 +0000

Thank you! I set these in gpedit for my computers, but apparently did not set it for my laptop. I’m in the middle of a lot of work that requires several programs, and I didn’t want to restart my computer. This saved me from punching the computer.

By: Lev Arris

Lev Arris — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:08:24 +0000

Thank you, thank you, thank you

By: Kaattalan

Kaattalan — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:07:50 +0000

I had this issue, I searched in google and this was the first and most relevant post that came up. That way I see this post as very useful and to the point. Good job, thanks.

By: nish

nish — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:53:39 +0000

this one works, guys

1. Stop the Windows Update Service

open run and type following command

sc stop wuauserv

Stopping the Windows Update Service will get rid of the dialog box nagging you to restart now or later. Updates will be installed after the next reboot and the Automatic Updates service will be enabled with the next start of Windows XP as well again. Type the following line in the command prompt. You can alternatively open the services configuration by typing services.msc and stopping the Automatic Updates Service.

By: Disable “Restart Your Computer” Notification in XP at mcmm.net

Disable “Restart Your Computer” Notification in XP at mcmm.net — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:08:51 +0000

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By: How to turn on Automatic Updates in Windows

How to turn on Automatic Updates in Windows — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:26:16 +0000

[...] Make sure to choose Automatic (recommended) if you want to turn on Automatic Updates and have your computer updated automatically without you having to do anything (like approve updates, etc). You can infer from the description what the other options will do. Read my previous post on how to disable the restart now message in automatic updates. [...]

By: computeruser

computeruser — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:34:07 +0000

If you were going to do the start->run group policy editor, you might as well do a start->run services too. Just type in services.msc instead of gpedit.msc. Also a quick hotkey windows key+r, so you won’t have to use the mouse as often.

By: x

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:53:12 +0000

…And of course all the people here also know that you can set automatic updates to prompt rather than automatically install…

By: x

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:52:13 +0000

It’s really foolish to disable automatic updates. The chance of a critical update screwing up your computer is far less significant than the risk involved with NOT installing such a critical update. And… You DO backup, and also realize that almost all critical updates and other hotfixes can be uninstalled, right?

Regarding the “Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations” setting: It seems intuitively obvious that one could set it to Disabled and then not have to deal with any reboot prompts. But no. If you set it to Disabled, Windows will apparently use the default reboot reminder interval of 10 minutes.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:42:47 +0000

I also use XP home and I don’t care for the Automatic Updates.

They install themselves using the bandwidth I pay for without my permission.

Does anyone know how to disable Windows Update (not just the 5mins to reboot message) ?

Every advice I find on the internet is for XP Pro.

Do I have to buy an Apple computer to solve this?