Comments on: HOWTO: Disable Restart Prompt After Windows Update

By: PokeyJoe

PokeyJoe — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 00:12:29 +0000

Perfect tutorial, I hate that stupid popup.. when I click later, I MEANT LATER YOU STUPID PC!!!! NOW GO AWAY UNTIL I CALL YOU !!!!

Sometimes you wonder what those programmers were thinking (or not thinking)

By: Rosco

Rosco — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:13:31 +0000

Hi Bert,

It may be possible to disable the pesky prompt by editing the Windows registry directly. I should warn you however that editing the Windows Registry can be dangerous and you should have a full backup before proceeding.

Try these steps:

1. Click Start > Run
2. Type regedit > click OK
3. Browse to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
4. Create the following three new DWORD values as follows:

NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers, Value = 1
RebootRelaunchTimeout, Value = 5a0 (That’s FIVE, A, ZERO)
RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled, Value = 1
To create a new DWORD value simply right click on the AU folder or right click in side the right hand Window after you have selected the AU folder and choose New > DWORD

If you’re unsure how to backup your system before proceeding then check out my new ebook. http://www.proposedsolution.com/anyone_can_backup

Hope this helps.

Regards

Rosco

By: Bert

Bert — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:02:32 +0000

I have Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 SP3 on a Dell Vostro laptop. When I enter gpedit.msc in Run, a box appears saying Windows cannot find it. I searched for a Computer Policy folder (including in hidden files) and none was found. Is there another way to stop this very annoying prompt?

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:52:03 +0000

very very useful thanks! !