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Computer says it needs to restart for updates

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  • 24-01-2015 6:24pm
    #1
    RikuoAmero
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    Hey guys,
    I'm on my secondary desktop, a Win 8.1 machine. For some reason, every time I reboot it, it says it needs to restart for updates. I've looked in the Installed Updates Window and the following say they're "Pending Restart"
    Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3000850)
    Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3013816)
    Update for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3013769)
    Security Update for Internet Explorer Flash Player for Windows 8.1 for x64-based Systems (KB3033408)

    Also, I've installed Avast Antivirus, which has given me a 20-day trial of Internet Security. That too says it needs a restart, despite the fact that I literally just turned on the machine two minutes before typing this. I had shut down the machine before going to work.
    I'm going to try uninstalling some of those updates (for some reason, I don't see the Flash Player Security Update in the list of updates I can uninstall), then try this all over again.

    To think I've started waiting a week after every update is released before installing them so that I wouldn't run into shenanigans like this...


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    #2
    beauf
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    Windows 8 and 8.1 need a stupid amount of updates. They should release a SP1. That you can do in one go.


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    RikuoAmero
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    beauf wrote: »
    Windows 8 and 8.1 need a stupid amount of updates. They should release a SP1. That you can do in one go.

    Thanks for your comment I guess, but I was hoping that the replies I got would be advice as to what I should do, not a commentary as to what Microsoft should do.


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    maki
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    When you shutdown on Windows 8 it actually does a special type of hibernate, called hybrid boot, so updates won't install when you boot it back up.

    You need to do an actual restart, or run the command shutdown /s /t 0


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    RikuoAmero
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    maki wrote: »
    When you shutdown on Windows 8 it actually does a special type of hibernate, called hybrid boot, so updates won't install when you boot it back up.

    You need to do an actual restart, or run the command shutdown /s /t 0

    Thanks. I'll give that a try. I'll reinstall the '850 update I just uninstalled (took a while for it to finish that process) and then try the command. So when I have updates on this machine, I have to avoid the shut down option, instead do a full restart?


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    RikuoAmero
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    WTF? I uninstalled the '850 update, did that shutdown command...and now I have 24 Important updates and 1 Optional? Huh...the '850 one is a big one, over 700 megs. Perhaps uninstalling that caused the other 24 to be uninstalled too.


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    maki
    Registered Users Posts: 772 ✭✭✭maki


    RikuoAmero wrote: »
    WTF? I uninstalled the '850 update, did that shutdown command...and now I have 24 Important updates and 1 Optional? Huh...the '850 one is a big one, over 700 megs. Perhaps uninstalling that caused the other 24 to be uninstalled too.

    KB3000850 is a rollup update containing a bunch of updates since April 2014, so yes you've essentially just uninstalled a lot of them.

    Some updates also have prerequisites, so it's possible they were waiting on a previous update to complete.


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    RikuoAmero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭RikuoAmero


    Thanks. Everything works like a charm now.


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