Hm. I’m using Windows/XP (German), recently upgraded from SP2 to
SP3 and never had this problem. In Control Panel/Automatic Updates,
I’ve set »Notify, but don’t download or install
automatically«.
Works as advertised. Sometimes a balloon pops up informing me of new
updates and whenever I wish, I
There a whole heap of other settings as well as Balloon tip in the
previous 2 posts, so please Export your entire
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]
reg key before applying any of the settings I posted.
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"Hid
I guess I must be lucky: every time I've had the "must reboot for
updates to take effect" message, it hasn't come with a threat to reboot
by default if I do nothing (on any of the WinXP boxes I use). So to
stop it from popping up every 10 minutes, I shove the little bastard
over to the edge of th
Right click on "my computer", select properties, Automatic Updates and
Turn off Automatic Updates. I'm not sure this will kill the reboot
message after an update has occurred.
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swayzak;396015 Wrote:
> hi
>
> I am being badgered by windows update to restart the PC after the most
> recent update (from today), but I really don't want to because I have a
> Locker sync program uploading all my music collecion.
>
> The PC has been on for days successfully uploading.
>
> It
swayzak;396015 Wrote:
>
> Can I kill this system tray warning ?
>
Not that I know of
>
> Will it eventually restart the PC anyway or am I safe just to leave it
> ?
>
It will come back every few minutes and when you are not around it will
restart your PC.
Sometimes, a workaround is to run a p
aubuti;396045 Wrote:
> It's probably not as urgent as you may think. If the locker sync program
> is MP3Tunes, then I it should survive the interruption fine. Everything
> you have already uploaded should still be there, and when you tell it
> to re-sync it will compare your locker with your loca
cliveb;396030 Wrote:
> Bloody hell - looks like I stand corrected. Even when I did have
> automatic updates switched on, I only ever allowed them to be
> downloaded, never automatically installed.
>
> That an OS can take it upon itself to unilaterally reboot your machine
> without your explicit
pippin;396019 Wrote:
> It will come back every few minutes and when you are not around it will
> restart your PC.
Are you sure? It's ages since I allowed automatic updates on any of my
PCs, but my recollection is that you can ignore it and restart when
you're good and ready. My advice to the OP i
MeSue;396027 Wrote:
> Not sure if these work once the nag is already triggered, but worth a
> try:
> http://asymptomatic.net/2005/08/11/831/how-to-disable-that-blasted-restart-now-message-from-windows-update
> http://lifehacker.com/software/top/get-rid-of-windows-update-restart-nag-183976.php
Blo
pippin;396019 Wrote:
> Not that I know of
>
>
> It will come back every few minutes and when you are not around it will
> restart your PC.
> Sometimes, a workaround is to run a program that refuses to quit (e.g.
> due to unsaved data), this can keep the PC from shutting down. But if
> you are u
Not sure if these work once the nag is already triggered, but worth a
try:
http://asymptomatic.net/2005/08/11/831/how-to-disable-that-blasted-restart-now-message-from-windows-update
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/get-rid-of-windows-update-restart-nag-183976.php
One nice thing in Vista, it has
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