Windows 10: Need to be able to turn off automatic restart after Windows update install

Discus and support Need to be able to turn off automatic restart after Windows update install in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I know this has been asked before, but I'm going to bring it up again to keep this topic alive and to keep reminding Microsoft that this is really... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by VestOfHolding, Jan 10, 2019.

  1. Need to be able to turn off automatic restart after Windows update install


    I know this has been asked before, but I'm going to bring it up again to keep this topic alive and to keep reminding Microsoft that this is really irritating to their users.


    In Windows 7, I could set it up so that I would get a notification that there were updates to install, and it would let me install them when I want, or automatically install them. After that, I could set it up so that it wouldn't restart until I restarted the system myself.


    Now that's regressed. Setting my active hours is incredibly unhelpful. It's actually less than helpful because it misses the point. I'm a developer. I could have my computer always on for three or four weeks running all kinds of things. And last night I lost an incredible amount of stuff that I had set up (also, sidenote: my computer is in my bedroom, and I put it to sleep when I go to bed, and it is REALLY unsettling to be woken up in the middle of the night by my monitors flaring up to life because my computer restarted without me telling it to).


    Point being, the options we had in Windows 7 need to come back. I understand the importance of updates. Hell, if there's some really bad exploits that Microsoft needs to push out some fixes for, I'd even be less annoyed if there was some sort of notification saying that that's why my computer really needed to be restarted.


    Hide it in some advanced settings, fine. Just give me back that option!


    This ask needs to keep being brought up. There really needs to be a setting somewhere to have this kind of control again on the Home edition of Windows 10.

    :)
     
    VestOfHolding, Jan 10, 2019
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  2. bigscale Win User

    windows automatic updates

    i have some questions about the windows automatic updates in windows xp pro w sp/2. ive got about forty updates they recommend , mostly for security but i only installed two today. after installing them i found them in my add/remove programs in the control panel, if i add all these updates that is a lot of space on my hd almost 1 gig. i thought that updates just updated files and not created new programs. should i innore all these update suggestions from microsoft?
     
    bigscale, Jan 10, 2019
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  3. Windows 7 automatically installs drivers...

    You can tell windows 7 to stop installing updates yes. It will automatically download and install all unselected updates in queue when you restart or turn off your PC. If it's already in your update queue you can select to hide it by right clicking on the update and selecting hide it and it will not install.
     
    EastCoasthandle, Jan 10, 2019
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  4. Need to be able to turn off automatic restart after Windows update install

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    Automatic Updates isn't currently running.
     
    DistantDeath, Jan 10, 2019
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