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XP auto reboot

  • 21-11-2006 11:12pm
    #1
    verbatim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭


    Windows XP is annoying me every few minutes with a pop up asking me do I want to reboot now, or later, and if I dont answer within 5 minutes it automatically reboots my PC. Its quite annoying because it pops up every few minutes with the same question. Is there any way to turn it off?


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  • #2
    Redshift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭Redshift


    Here you go
    http://www.aviransplace.com/2004/12/18/tip-disable-auto-restart-in-windows-update/


  • #3
    verbatim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭verbatim


    Thanks for that.
    God why cant MS make this sort of thing simple, rather than having to edit the registry!


  • #4
    subway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    because you need to reboot after you update the OS!!!


  • #5
    verbatim
    Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭verbatim


    Its stupid that you have to do a reboot for trivial updates. I've had experiences where an update would run, reboot, the updater would update and install more updates, reboot, more updates....
    E.g. just recently IE had to upgrade 2 versions of itself in a row, it couldnt just install the latest update, had to do it incrementatlly.


    In Linux you can update most stuff without a reboot, and it does all the updates at once, not in dribs and drabs like windows. MS really need to sort out their updater.


  • #6
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    'Your mouse has moved, reboot Windows to take effect'. :)


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,385 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    verbatim wrote:
    Its stupid that you have to do a reboot for trivial updates. I've had experiences where an update would run, reboot, the updater would update and install more updates, reboot, more updates....
    E.g. just recently IE had to upgrade 2 versions of itself in a row, it couldnt just install the latest update, had to do it incrementatlly.
    Don't get me started, http://update.microsoft.com having to do two reboots on some machines before you can start downloads, and as you point out many updates need to be done singly especially IE and then repatched afterwards.

    IMHO you can't have a single windows server providing five 9's reliability ( standard in the telecoms industry ) due to the bi-monthly reboots, servers taking serveral minutes longer than workstations due to RAID and SCSI BIOS's in the POST.

    If you look closer you will see that many of the updates are to prevent your machine being taken complete control of by visting a malicious web site. Though others critical updates have been trivial like the one that removed the Swastika (still used in tibet) because it offended some people, and as I'll keep pointing out, it left in the Star of David, many christian symbols, various crescents and others that about half the worlds population could have been offended by if the wanted to be.

    But the real kicker is if you read the EULA that comes with selected patches, they may not be the same as that supplied with the original OS or product, moving goalposts.


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