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Monday, June 26, 2006

Tip: Disable Auto Restart in Windows Update

Upon automatically installing updates, Windows will reboot your computer without your consent, losing any unsaved work in the process.

Tip: Disable Auto Restart in Windows Update.
support.microsoft.com: Disable system auto restart after installing Windows updates.

This is the most asinine designed behavior I can think of. Haven't verified that these fixes work.

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Arjan wrote:

As for the registry-hack for Home users: other sites suggest that this hack no longer works since SP2. See http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/01/11/vuln_aacgjahfig_ib/

∴ Arjan | 15-Jul-2007 4:45am est | #10197

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