Original Tip Date: Jul 11, 2007
| Stop that annoying Restart Now / Restart Later dialog | |
| Here's a terrific tip from a colleague: When Windows performs automatic updates on your computer, it will prompt you for a restart in the way of a dialog. Answering Restart Later will simply re-open the same dialog a few minutes later. To set the time between re-prompts with automatic and scheduled installations, try this: From the Start > Run menu, or from a command window, key-in gpedit.msc This will open the Group Policy Editor for your machine. On the left side of the Group Policy dialog, drill down to: Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update On the right side locate and double-click Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations Change the status to Enabled and enter a suitable time such as 120 minutes. Press OK to accept the changes and close the Group Policy dialog. | |
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