Hi People, If i have to hate windows - i have many reasons to do so BUT, there is this one thing i need to crack. When windows does its update, the prompt to reboot that keeps recurring is just a bother - needless to say u cant cancel or disable. Assuming am using IE to do a 500mB file say from centos.org on a 128k link and all of a sudden on the 450Mb clock, the message appears-of course i didnt disable updates. Anyone, from my dear "orphaned O/S" that has a solution to this. I have to update however for fixes that has never proved to work. -- _________________ Best Regards, Thuo Wilson
Anyone who is running Windows XP SP2 know what I'm talking about. That stupid, annoying, most ill-designed dialog box ever invented in the history of the computer science that asks "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?" And there are only two options: Restart Now/Restart Later. "Restart Later" means that this stupid thing will ask you again in 10 minutes. Yes, if you're willing to work for the next 4 hours until lunch before rebooting, this means you'll need to answer this question 24 times. Did I mention that the dialog steals the focus? Now, to get rid of it: Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations You can configure how often it will nag you (1440 minutes is the max which means you'll be asked once per day). This setting is only loaded when Windows starts, so a reboot is needed. If that stupid dialog is on your screen now, just stop the "Automatic Updates" service (but keep it as Automatic, so it gets reloaded on the next start) and you won't see it again. On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi People,
If i have to hate windows - i have many reasons to do so BUT, there is this one thing i need to crack.
When windows does its update, the prompt to reboot that keeps recurring is just a bother - needless to say u cant cancel or disable.
Assuming am using IE to do a 500mB file say from centos.org on a 128k link and all of a sudden on the 450Mb clock, the message appears-of course i didnt disable updates.
Anyone, from my dear "orphaned O/S" that has a solution to this. I have to update however for fixes that has never proved to work.
-- _________________ Best Regards,
Thuo Wilson
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Brian Ngure <brian.ngure@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone who is running Windows XP SP2 know what I'm talking about. That stupid, annoying, most ill-designed dialog box ever invented in the history of the computer science that asks "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?"
And there are only two options: Restart Now/Restart Later. "Restart Later" means that this stupid thing will ask you again in 10 minutes. Yes, if you're willing to work for the next 4 hours until lunch before rebooting, this means you'll need to answer this question 24 times. Did I mention that the dialog steals the focus?
Now, to get rid of it:
Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations
You can configure how often it will nag you (1440 minutes is the max which means you'll be asked once per day).
This setting is only loaded when Windows starts, so a reboot is needed. If that stupid dialog is on your screen now, just stop the "Automatic Updates" service (but keep it as Automatic, so it gets reloaded on the next start) and you won't see it again.
XP SP3 allows me to disable it. Kool! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain
"XP SP3 allows me to disable it. Kool!" You've checked the explanation of what disabling does? Confirm from the expalin tab. It could be defaulting to 10 min. On 4/30/09, Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:46 PM, Brian Ngure <brian.ngure@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone who is running Windows XP SP2 know what I'm talking about. That stupid, annoying, most ill-designed dialog box ever invented in the history of the computer science that asks "Updating your computer is almost complete. You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?"
And there are only two options: Restart Now/Restart Later. "Restart Later" means that this stupid thing will ask you again in 10 minutes. Yes, if you're willing to work for the next 4 hours until lunch before rebooting, this means you'll need to answer this question 24 times. Did I mention that the dialog steals the focus?
Now, to get rid of it:
Start / Run / gpedit.msc / Local Computer Policy / Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Windows Update / Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations
You can configure how often it will nag you (1440 minutes is the max which means you'll be asked once per day).
This setting is only loaded when Windows starts, so a reboot is needed. If that stupid dialog is on your screen now, just stop the "Automatic Updates" service (but keep it as Automatic, so it gets reloaded on the next start) and you won't see it again.
XP SP3 allows me to disable it. Kool!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain
2009/4/30 Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com>
"XP SP3 allows me to disable it. Kool!"
You've checked the explanation of what disabling does? Confirm from the expalin tab. It could be defaulting to 10 min.
Sux!! Now changed to 1440 as suggested by the guru! Thanks for the headsup. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain
Thats great Brian. But now - NO way to click cancel/disable? At least my UBUNTU behaves like a grown up not forcing things to happen behind my back! That means i cant leave my comp(say running xp sp3) to download stuff for a day without interruption unless i disable automatic updates!!! Or i keep watch.................! Microsoft - One day u will find your pockets empty for many mistakes u force down your users throat! @Washington - i have SP3 too. ---- Wilson. 2009/4/30 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com>
2009/4/30 Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com>
"XP SP3 allows me to disable it. Kool!"
You've checked the explanation of what disabling does? Confirm from the expalin tab. It could be defaulting to 10 min.
Sux!!
Now changed to 1440 as suggested by the guru! Thanks for the headsup.
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain
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-- _________________ Best Regards, Thuo Wilson
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