Disable Automatic Restart after Windows XP Update

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• On February 12th, 2009 at 6:59 am, Kim Woodbridge wrote:
  

  I have auto updates turned off and I update on my own schedule. I’ve always done it this way in XP.

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• On February 13th, 2009 at 1:14 am, Velvet Blues wrote:
  

  @Kim: Yes, somehow I had never turned this setting off, even though I’ve been frustrated with this for several years!
• On February 13th, 2009 at 5:11 am, Ben Pei wrote:
  

  ACtually I was quite irritated by this when I was using XP,glad I switched over to vista for some reasons.

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• On February 13th, 2009 at 8:23 am, Velvet Blues wrote:
  

  @Ben: Well, I am still a staunch supporter of XP. Vista has many flaws.

  In fact, when I bought a new computer last year, I selected the only one that Dell offered that ran on XP.
• On February 13th, 2009 at 1:38 pm, Dennis Edell wrote:
  

  Change the registry! Are you insane!! There should be a disclaimer at least in there for newbies. LOL

  I always restarted anyway, afraid not doing so would screw something else up.

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• On February 14th, 2009 at 6:24 am, Nihar wrote:
  

  I also get upset when my XP bugs me to restart now or restart later…

  Thanks for this solution.

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• On February 14th, 2009 at 9:36 am, Velvet Blues wrote:
  

  @Dennis: Hahaha. Well, I am sure that your computer loves you a lot more than mine does me.

  @Nihar: Yes, my computer was configured to automatically download any updates as they became available. So it’d often happen that I run out for lunch or even step away from my computer, and it would have restarted. And I’d lose any unsaved work. What a hassle!

  I am glad to share the solution.
• On May 11th, 2009 at 7:32 am, kozmo403 wrote:
  

  VB, can you point out the flaws in Vista you mentioned? I can point out quite a few that XP has…including the one mentioned in this article.

  There is nothing wrong with Vista unless you are using it in a managed environment. If that’s the case, then definitely stick with XP, otherwise make the switch. With Vista SP1 installed, you likely won’t run into many “flaws” as you put it.
• On May 11th, 2009 at 7:34 am, kozmo403 wrote:
  

  I did forget to thank you for the link. I like automatic updates, but the automatic restart feature is a pain.
• On September 9th, 2009 at 9:01 pm, Jeff wrote:
  

  Ok, so what if one can’t get to \WindowsUpdate\AU? I have XP Home edition Version 5.1 (Build 2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234 : Service Pack 3). I can get through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows but the \WindowsUpdate\AU is not there. I wish I could say this is an unusual situation but almost every time I try to follow Microsoft instructions the same thing happens; one or more of the things that is supposed to be there isn’t. At one point, I had the service phone number for Outlook memorized. Any help with this would be appreciated. This may be the one that pushes me to a Mac.
• On April 17th, 2010 at 5:16 am, XP Drivers wrote:
  

  yep! I hate it! what I do is install your download updates and restart my pc immediately when it prompt for restart. Only then I start my work!
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