How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update
After downloading and installing an update from Windows Update, a window constantly pops up nagging you to restart, and even counting down to an automatic restart. Tired of this? Disable it. Download Find and Run Robot (FARR).
Method 1 of 3:
Using a Third-Party Program
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Picture 1 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Download Find and Run Robot (FARR). -
Picture 2 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Download the Service Control plugin for it located here. -
Picture 3 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Type in "sctrl autom".[1] Windows Update will stop nagging you until the next reboot.
Method 2 of 3:
Editing the Registry
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Picture 4 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Back up your registry. -
Picture 5 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Open regedit by typing "regedit" into the Start > Run dialog. -
Picture 6 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Policies Microsoft Windows WindowsUpdateAU. -
Picture 7 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Create or change the DWord value NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers to 1. -
Picture 8 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Exit and reboot.
Method 3 of 3:
Using XP Pro
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Picture 9 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Enter gpedit.msc into the Start > Run dialog. -
Picture 10 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Template > Windows Components > Windows Update. -
Picture 11 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Right click on No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations. Enable it. -
Picture 12 of How to Disable Automatic Reboot After Windows Update Exit the Group Policy editor and reboot.- Note that using the "No Auto-Restart" feature does not achieve the goal that you want. It will stop the auto-restart but you will continue to get pop-ups asking for a restart until you do. To prevent this, you need to enable "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations", found in the same section, and set the interval for reprompts to the max allowed which is 1440. That's 24 hours. You will probably turn off or restart your computer normally during that time. With this option set, you will be asked only once to restart now or later. After you click later, you will not be asked again until the next day if you have left your PC on for 24 hours.
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- Note that using the "No Auto-Restart" feature does not achieve the goal that you want. It will stop the auto-restart but you will continue to get pop-ups asking for a restart until you do. To prevent this, you need to enable "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations", found in the same section, and set the interval for reprompts to the max allowed which is 1440. That's 24 hours. You will probably turn off or restart your computer normally during that time. With this option set, you will be asked only once to restart now or later. After you click later, you will not be asked again until the next day if you have left your PC on for 24 hours.
Update 04 March 2020
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