Windows 10: Stop Windows 10 from restarting after updates

Hi.

In the office we need our systems on 24/7 because we're constantly rendering images and animations. A night of a system not chugging away can cost us a deadline and client.

I have to stop Windows from shutting down and/or restarting whenever it wants to. We don't want it to, I don't care if it does.

If we have work open, Windows 10 doesn't care and shuts down at random times during the night.

If we haven't saved our work, or for example, I'm doing a fluid simulation, it'll shut down anyway and lose work.

With Win7, you could download updates and choose when to install them. With Windows 10 you can delay a restart but only for a short time.

I'm connected to my office computer and just saw a popup saying that 'we're making your experience better and will restart your pc'.

No. I don't want it to.

I've had to change the snooze time yet again so I can try restart it during office hours.

I've tried to reduce this happening as much as possible by going into the registry but I can't find a permanent solution.

Windows 10 MUST be stopped..... *Confused

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

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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.

 

Is it time for Windows 10 already?

I can't get update KB3035583 on my windows 7 SP1 laptop, also I was missing the optional language packs updates, I have tried "resetting" windows updates Windows Update - Reset - Windows 7 Help Forums and I have tried stopping and restarting the windows update service, did not help.
Would anyone have a suggestion on how to get this KB3035583 update? It's genuine windows 7 SP1 home premium.

Edit: Is this windows 10 upgrade only for people who bought (a computer with) windows 7 SP 1?
I bought this laptop with windows 7.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

That doesn't stop windows update from grabbing them on next run, at least it didn't back in the RTM days. It simply stops a secondary process from installing them immediately.