Luckily I couldn't fall asleep

[soccerballtux]

Why in the WORLD is it doing this, and how do I turn it off. I specifically did NOT say it's ok to turn off, I'm busy encoding a video for my PPC.

And I was just getting comfortable with Vista, too.

 

[Raduque]

Reboot for an update, program install, or maybe you got a virus. Could also be something corupted that's causin your RPC service to fail, making Vista reboot to fix it.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

The PC belongs to Microsoft and they'll do what they want!

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Why in the WORLD is it doing this, and how do I turn it off. I specifically did NOT say it's ok to turn off, I'm busy encoding a video for my PPC.

And I was just getting comfortable with Vista, too.

If you have automatic updates set to automatically download and install updates, YOU already gave it permission to restart automatically after updates. If you are willing to check for updates once a week yourself, go to the control panel - Security - Windows Update and you can access the options to tell WU to download, but to not install the updates until you are ready or to inform you of new updates and let you decide when to download and install them.

You specifically did tell Windows it was ok to do this when you turned on automatic updates.

(Every Wednesday is the perfect day of the week because Microsoft releases patches on Tuesday.)

 

[mechBgon]

Note that this is not unique to Vista. WinXP and Win2000 do likewise.

If your version of Vista is Business or Ultimate, you can also make a setting change to prevent auto-restart when someone's logged on. Also works for Win2000 SP3+ and WinXP Pro and MCE.

1) log on as an Administrator

2) Start > gpedit.msc in the Search box

3) In the Local Group Policy Editor window, go down to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.

4) Change the setting for No auto-restart with logged-on users for scheduled automatic updates installations.

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: soonerproud

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
Why in the WORLD is it doing this, and how do I turn it off. I specifically did NOT say it's ok to turn off, I'm busy encoding a video for my PPC.

And I was just getting comfortable with Vista, too.

If you have automatic updates set to automatically download and install updates, YOU already gave it permission to restart automatically after updates. If you are willing to check for updates once a week yourself, go to the control panel - Security - Windows Update and you can access the options to tell WU to download, but to not install the updates until you are ready or to inform you of new updates and let you decide when to download and install them.

You specifically did tell Windows it was ok to do this when you turned on automatic updates.

(Every Wednesday is the perfect day of the week because Microsoft releases patches on Tuesday.)

I have Update notify me of updates, but not download. That way I can review the updates, then download which ones I want.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
I have Update notify me of updates, but not download. That way I can review the updates, then download which ones I want.

I use the same settings, but I am anal enough with updating that it isn't a problem for me. I don't recommend that setting for average users that tend to forget/ignore updating.

 

[soonerproud]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Note that this is not unique to Vista. WinXP and Win2000 do likewise.

If your version of Vista is Business or Ultimate, you can also make an setting change to prevent auto-restart when someone's logged on. Also works for Win2000 SP3+ and WinXP Pro and MCE.

1) log on as an Administrator

2) Start > gpedit.msc in the Search box

3) In the Local Group Policy Editor window, go down to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.

4) Change the setting for No auto-restart with logged-on users for scheduled automatic updates installations.

As with most gpedit settings, do you happen to know the registry change to accomplish the same thing in Basic or HP?

 

[RESmonkey]

/insert generic macfag quote

 

[sciwizam]

Atleast in XP, whenever I get that countdown, I do the following.

Run > type "cmd" > "net stop wuauserv" stops the updating service.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: soonerproud

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Note that this is not unique to Vista. WinXP and Win2000 do likewise.

If your version of Vista is Business or Ultimate, you can also make an setting change to prevent auto-restart when someone's logged on. Also works for Win2000 SP3+ and WinXP Pro and MCE.

1) log on as an Administrator

2) Start > gpedit.msc in the Search box

3) In the Local Group Policy Editor window, go down to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update.

4) Change the setting for No auto-restart with logged-on users for scheduled automatic updates installations.

As with most gpedit settings, do you happen to know the registry change to accomplish the same thing in Basic or HP?

Let me slap on RegMon, and I'll try to come up with an answer to that.

 

[mechBgon]

Ok, for what it's worth, here's the Registry key that gets toggled:

:camera: http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/m...to_reboot_Registry.PNG

 

[vshah]

start>run> "shutdown -a"

 

[GregGreen]

I had this issue with XP, even though I thought I set it to not install automatically. Have not had this issue with Vista after also setting it to not install automatically.