Windows automatic update "restart comp" notices

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After installing a security update i dont always want to restart the pc. So i leave it running and play a game or do the web browsing etc. But every few mins the damn pop up near the clock comes and kicks me to desktop when in a game which can be highly annoying. Even just web browsing its annoying.

So erm.. Is there any tricks or hacks i can do to get the notice to stop poping up?
 
No money, no desire to game on a os where it would be slower than xp (for now).

So back to the task at hand. How do i get rid of it or do some reg hack to make it not pop up for 99999999 hours or somit lol.
 
Best way without hacks is to turn off automatic update :)
Just check every week yourself.
But yes, it is annoying, I have left the machine on overnight sometimes to download stuff, only to find the damned things rebooted not long after going to bed.
 
Found it.

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source said:
The Windows Automatic Updates feature is great, however those nagging reboot reminders can drive you crazy. I can only recommend to turn this off.

Usually, this restart now/restart later pop up appears when I am doing something important or when I have some remote connections open. I also like it if Windows rebooted automatically during my lunch break while several virtual machines are running.

In my view this feature doesn’t bring in extra security. All these pop up windows warning about security issues are more or less useless. People get used to them, and click on them automatically. In this way these pop-ups might even decrease security. If there ever is an important security message, the user will just click away without really reading it because he is trained to do so.

So here is how you can disable the restart reminder of Windows Automatic Updates:

1. Click Start -> Run
2. Enter “gpedit.msc”
3. Go to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
4. Double-click on “Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations”
5. Disable it!
6. Reboot the computer

Disable_restart_with_scheduled_installationsYou can also enable it to remind you once a day, or so if you can still stand this pop-ups. If you want to change this for your whole network, you can use Group Policy. For security reasons, I recommend that all computers should be turned off after work or office hours.
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there's another setting that forces the pc not to restart (sometimes it does when you leave it with certain hotfixes) look in the same place in gpedit
 
I was going to say leave the options window up and move it to the bottom corner of the screen.

This is a feature that really REALLY hacks me off. I'm typing away and suddenly this little bugger will pop up and trigger a restart as it pops up ON TOP of what I'm typing :mad:

And there's no "**** off, I'll do it myself" button. Gah.

I've found how to do it in Group Policy on a domain, but for individual PCs that's quite neat. Thanks.

Not that I use Windows Update, but meh. Nice to know :)
 
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