Windows 10: How to really prevent Windows 10 from restarting for updates?

Hi,


I am really sick and tired of Windows 10 automatic reboots for updating. I have been 40 years working with computers, coding, designing apps, maintaining enterprises, engineering solutions based on computers and I think I am old enough to take care of security myself.


Due to the nature of my work I need Windows 10 and I cannot switch to Server platform, which would resolve my problem easily. My computer simply should not and must not reboot by itself, because I have my reasons for this! That's my decision, not Microsoft's! For example, I run some other apps beside Office imagine, dear Microsoft, there are some other things in the world beside Microsoft ones..., like disk repair software, video rendering, cloning and backup jobs delegation, I sometimes forget to save my work...

So active hours for my computers are 24/7/365, except once per month when I decide to reboot. Got it, Micorosft? I bought your software, not vice versa, as you think you've got my hardware when I installed Windows 10.


What I did to prevent auto restart:

• disabled Windows Update service; I also made a task to check for this service every hour and stop it if it is running,
• disabled Scheduled Task under Task Scheduler Library --> Microsoft --> Windows --> Update Orchestrator named "Reboot_AC" and "Reboot_Battery"
• voted countless of times at UserVoice and mayn other places, begging MS to take out that forcing reboot policy

But none of methods worked. MS brute forced my measures, ignored votes of thousands of users, and keeps rebooting PCs all over the world. Like an army of MS re-bots.


Now, today again I've lost 1 week of work due to automatic reboot, aghrrrrr! I've been reconstructing lost data from 3 servers for several days, and now after freeking night reboot those simply do not fit together anymore. 5k worth project need to run again due to this stupid, idiotic MS brute force policy to update and reboot, regardles of the cost. #$%&!! Geeez, I better go cut some lumber...


So, is there any other way to prevent Microsoft Windows 10 from rebooting automatically to install updates?

:)

 

Windows 10 upgrade problem, no input accepted

I really hate having to come here and ask for help, but I really am stumped. It hurts my geek pride. I have a PC with fairly modern hardware in it. It has a p8p67 pro in it. I have tried upgrading windows 10 on it twice now. Both times I have had the same result.

After windows finishes upgrading it goes to the log in/set up screen. I can't do anything. No keyboard or mouse input is accepted.

I will list some, or hopefully all, of the troubleshooting steps I have tried:

• Move keyboard and mouse to different USB ports.
• Try different keyboard or mouse.
• Restart computer, repeatedly.
• Google for related issues.
• Update Bios, because why not.
• Create boot media and revert to windows 7.

The windows 10 system restore boot media works fine with keyboard and mouse. All USB ports work in windows 7. I don't know what is wrong. I suspect that windows 10 is lacking a driver of some sort, but since the computer accepts no input I have no way of checking for which driver let alone installing it.

Please help me figure this out. If I have to revert back to windows 7 again, I am not going to get it upgraded to windows 10. Thank you in advanced.

 

Microsoft to make Windows 10 updates mandatory

Well, at the moment at least, you can choose to defer upgrades. Under Settings > Windows Updates > Advanced options you need to check the box labeled "Defer upgrades". What does that do? Good question. The answer I've found might illuminate it to a degree.

Defer feature updates in Windows 10

I hear this only applies to Pro and Enterprise editions. But I can't verify that.

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.