Automatic Update

#1 BigDaddy

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Posted 26 March 2006 - 05:34 AM

If I have WU on AUTOMATIC then it will automaticly download and install the updates. Which is OK 4 ME. But the thing that gets on my nervs is the updates requiring a restart. Because those updates will constanlty annoy you every 10min to restart the computer and if U dont abort it it will restart the computer. How do I disable this annoying feature?

#2 dhdan

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Posted 27 March 2006 - 05:59 PM

I know in windows xp you are able to adjust the settings. I'm assuming it works the same in 2003 but you'll have to test to know for sure. I think this resets the prompt to 10 hours between warnings and won't reboot with someone logged on.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000002d0
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootWarningTimeout"=dword:0000001e
"RebootWarningTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001

This post has been edited by dhdan: 27 March 2006 - 06:01 PM

#3 BigDaddy

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Posted 29 March 2006 - 02:59 AM

tanx will try it.
A must annoying feature. Cant believe why it exists

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