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I really like the automatic update feature. I love having the latest & greatest :-).
However, if you get you windows updates scheduled, and Windows has installed some updates for you in the background, it keeps bugging you every ten minutes about having a restart when this is needed for an update. Of course, this always happens when you are busy with something (programming some hefty C# or so :-)) and do not want to be bugged.
You can change this setting however by editing a group policy. This can be done as follows:
1. Run gpedit.msc, this pops up the policy editor
2. Go to computer configuration/administrative templates/windows components/windows update
3. Modify the setting Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations to a timing that more convenient for you..
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Windows Update only installs security and stability updates. So I’d rather have those installed as soon as possible.
It should do a ‘shutdown -r -f -t 600’ on XP machines instead of giving the option to install it later on. That gives you 10 minutes time to just do a small reboot.
🙂
Ramon Smits
Sounds like a Blaster worm to me 🙂
Raimond
I usually have to reinstall my OS every 6 months or so, because it gets messed up. If I have to keep track of all exotic registry entries to modify after each installation, I could write a book!
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