Windows 10: What causes registry that indicates Reboot pending?

I have noticed after installing updates on my SQL servers Windows 2019 or SQL 2022 CUs, I have to reboot. But sometimes, without installing anything, when I check the registry keys, I see a reboot pending based on PendingFileRenameOperation. I check the following places to see if a reboot is pending:HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\PendingFileRenameOperationsHKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Component Based Servicing\RebootPendingHKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\RebootRequiredHKLM:\SOFTWARE\Micros

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There is a reboot pending for this product

I have an ASUS T100TA notebook running Win 10 Home FCU 32-bit. I am trying to reinstall the chipset drivers with the Intel_SOC_Driver_Package2_VER10E.

I extract all the files from the zip and run install.exe. But I get the message, "there is a pending reboot for this product".

I have rebooted many times but it doesn't help. I have searched the registry for any pending of reboot key values. And I have spent hours online searching for a solution. It does not seem similar to the Rapid Storage system topics.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

 

Registry folder removed after reboot

You need to do this to find out:

1. Play the game, then close it.
2. Check if the registry subkeys of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\ exist.
3. Reboot.
4. Check if the registry subkeys of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\ exist.

I strongly suspect that the answer is "Yes" in Steps 2 and 4. This would mean that the game deletes the subkeys.

 

Device stating pending reboot after rebooting couple of times

Hi everyone, we have multiple device in our org that are indicating laptop's are pending for a reboot where there is no updates that waiting for reboot in settings.. i tried to pull reboot state through PowerShell using command Test-PendingReboot -detailed.. We are using third party tool name Automox which patches all devices on weekly bases and indicates if devices are up to date or not.. it pulls this data from registry keys and from last couple of months im seeing this issue on many devices. its indicating that device is not compliant because reboot is pending.. so far ive tried is to reset windows update services but no luck so far.. any advice will be highly appreciated.

ComponentBasedServicing : False

PendingComputerRenameDomainJoin : False

PendingFileRenameOperations : True

PendingFileRenameOperationsValue : {\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\New\PrintConfig.dll,

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\DRIVERS\W32X86\3\PrintConfig.dll,

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\New\PrintConfig.dll,

\??\C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\DRIVERS\x64\3\PrintConfig.dll...}

SystemCenterConfigManager :

WindowsUpdateAutoUpdate : False

IsRebootPending : True