How-to-disable-automatic-restart-after-windows-update

For XP Pro users:

1.Click Start -> Run.

2.Type “gpedit.msc” without the quotes to open the group policy editor. Hit enter.

3.Navigate to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration ->
Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update.

4.In the Right Side pan u find and Double click on “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations” (it may be something similar depending on your service pack installed)

5.Select the “Enable” radio button. This disables the automatic restart after updating.

6.Click OK and close Group Policy.

If the status is set to Enabled, Automatic Updates will not restart a computer automatically during a scheduled installation if a user is logged in to the computer. Instead, Automatic Updates will notify the user to restart the computer.

If the status is set to Disabled or Not Configured, Automatic Updates will notify the user that the computer will automatically restart in 5 minutes to complete the installation.

Note: This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured to perform scheduled installations of updates. If the “Configure Automatic Updates” policy is disabled, this policy has no effect.


For XP Home users:

1.Click on Start -> Run.

2.Type “regedit” without the quotes. Hit enter.

3.Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU.

4.Double click on the “NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers” registry key and set its DWord value to 1. If it does not exist, create it yourself by right clicking on the right window pane, selecting New -> DWORD Value. Then type in the same name and set its value data to 1.
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