Stop reboot windows 7 update

I had a laptop that grew progressively worse every time I allowed it to update. Thanks so much for this, it worked perfectly. So many people casually leave out 1 or 2 steps but your instructions were perfect, to the letter. Microsoft had just destroyed 3 days of intensive work on Powerpoints for a major conference coming up next week and Microsoft left me no way to recover, not even shadow files.

I guess they do not save Powerpoint files. I will have to stay home and miss Thanksgiving in order to rebuild. At least I will not have it happen again. I am starting to keep how many days of my life Microsoft has stolen. Your email address will not be published. March 1, Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. Related Posts. Windows Windows 7. November 19, Comments 15 Bionic says:.

I currently have WU set to perform the updates at 3am, and when it finished, if there needs to be a reboot, I am not there to tell it to wait. I would prefer to leave the time settings as they are, and simply disable the automatic reboot, instead opting for WU to let me know it needs to reboot the PC.

I found ways of doing this in XP and Vista, including registry edits and group policy modifications. However, The registry is obviously slightly different so the keys do not exist compared to what I found, and since I am running Home Premium I do not have gpedit. Where in the registry can I make a change so I don't have lost data when WU resets my computer at night? This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

Windows 10 can install updates automatically. However, one annoying thing is that your computer will perform automatic restart after installing updates. The automatic reboot after updates may cause you to lose personal information, data and saved content.

Unluckily, there is no built-in feature in Windows that could be used to turn off the automatic reboot function, so you need to do this job manually. The following part will show you multiple methods, just keep reading.

Windows Update turning itself off is an annoying problem. This post shows you how to solve the issue — Windows Update keeps turning off. Here are the steps about how to use Group Policy.

Step 2: Type gpedit. Step 4: Right-click No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations from the right panel of Local Group Editor , select Edit and then choose Enable.