Using
the Group Policy editor:
Have you seen that message in Windows 10 that tells you
your computer is going to reboot and there is not a thing you can do about it
except save your work?
Here’s how to make sure that never happens again. This tip works for Windows 8 and 7 as well.
Here’s how to make sure that never happens again. This tip works for Windows 8 and 7 as well.
Press the Win + R keyboard combination to bring up the
run dialog then type gpedit.msc and
press enter.
When the Local Group Policy Editor opens, navigate to:
Computer
Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update
On the right hand side you will see a setting titled:
No auto-restart
with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations
Double click on it.
From here you will need to enable the
setting by changing the radio button from “Not Configured” to “Enabled”, then
clicking apply.
As always, I recommend you force a Group
Policy update so that the changes will reflect immediately.
That’s all there is to it.
Using the Registry:
If your version of Windows 8 doesn’t ship with the
Group Policy editor, you can always use the registry to disable these reboots.
Again press the Windows + R keyboard combination to bring up a run box – type regedit then hit enter.
Now navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
Note: If you don’t see the
Windows Update or AU keys you may have to create them.
Then create a new 32-bit DWORD called
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers.
Then double click on it and give it a
hex value of 1.
Note: Reboot is requered.
