About 2/3 of the way down the page at http://exodusdev.com/products/whyreboot there are some links to MS KB articles about this. The page seems a little dated, but perhaps the links might be a good jumping off point.
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr < michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm currently researching a scriptable way to detect if a system has a > post-update pending reboot status. So far the only clearly identifiable > marker I have found is existance of the registry key: > > > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto >> Update\RebootRequired > > > > I was curious if anyone has worked on anything like this before, and would > be able to share some insight or ideas/methods. Thanks! > > -- > Espi > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin