How to stop Windows sneakily rebooting

ic1male · 11 Apr 2018 at 18:22

I've been working on my PC and just nipped away to have a bit of tea. When I came back, I was asked to log in and all my explorer windows had been closed down. I guess it rebooted due to Windows Update or something. It's such a sneaky little bugger these days, it's done this a few times now.

Is there any way to stop it from rebooting when you've been idle for more than 10 minutes?

JRS · 11 Apr 2018 at 18:45

Change the active hours in Win 10 Settings? Should be in Update and Security somewhere.

ic1male · 11 Apr 2018 at 22:14

Thanks. I've altered the hours in there so we'll see what happens.

groovesection · 12 Apr 2018 at 09:58

If you are running Pro then set the following group policy:
Local Computer/Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Windows Update/

Locate the setting:
No Auto Restart With Logged On Users For Scheduled Automatic Updates Installations

Set it to enabled