Windows Updates that shut down computer without warning

I feel, if there is an option for updating, it gets lost among other screens, or while we are madly typing away trying to get things done, the message is not seen but is activated before we realise it is there.

This is "mission accomplished" in getting us to accept what we don't realise we are accepting.

Much like the way organ donating should be,  is that people are automatically opted in.

This SHOULD NOT BE THE CASE WITH WINDOWS UPDATES.

If I am not at my PC (waiting for the message to come up) to say no to, it goes ahead and does what it wants. NO!

If I'm not there to accept it, it should be taken that my answer is no.

The update should not go ahead until we opt yes and the default option on the request screen should be NO - or at least - later.

This would fix all the angst out there on Windows Updates Issues and is an easily achieved (unless Windows thinks they own our computers, another issue there!).

I agree with peoples comments about their computers shutting down. It happens to me on a regular basis. Whilst moderators can clain "You are given warning" It is clear many people are not. I use Windows 10 on a HP Pavilion laptop and on a very high spec desktop. Both shut down without warning and I find myself doing some work on an Android tablet.

It would seem to me that the simple solution is to ensure that no update is applied without express consent from the computer owner (by clicking a button to agree) even with automatic updates. An automatic update does NOT need to be applied without warning no matter how urgent. Like others I have lost valuable pieces of work, edits to complicated documents and feel that if this is a problem for a significant number of users it needs to be addressed.

By continually telling us that "Windows will always warn you." Mods are, at best, calling people idiots and at worst, liars. Please Microsoft.........   Just fix the problem.

It is important that you get update as soon as possible, some update are related to security and in order to be apply you must restart your PC and Windows will ask you to do that. In Windows when update been installed, if it ask for restart it will shows a message and ask you to restart now or later. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 you could postpone it up to 4 hours and if you don't give any response system would restart automatically after 10 minutes. Windows will always warn you before restart by default.

While that may be true, it is ABSOLUTELY not neccessary for the darn program to not even let the user hit cntrl S and exit the program they are using!!!

This invasion on my pc without my permission  is unbeleivable!! I had no warning at all and was working on something with a lawyer who was sitting in a court room. This caused delays in the court,

angered the judge and delayed a trial!!! This is outrageous! It has been 45 minutes and i still can not access my pc!! I think this is very disturbing that windows can access your pc without your acceptance

By default before Windows Update restart, it will show you warning that it will restart in 10 minutes and you could postponed it. It is possible to set policy in group policy that enforce computer to restart after update without warning that is custom setting in group policy , if your PC is part of domain that could be the issue or you might set that policy locally or it is some other issue.

Could you write that in English please. If I had the technical knowledge to know what 'group policy' meant I probably wouldn't have this problem. And yes, Windows7 and my computer constantly shuts down WITHOUT NOTICE