Windows Updates that shut down computer without warning

Anonymous
2009-06-13T07:52:50+00:00

original title: Windows Updates that shut down

This will be short.  The next time you send through a Windows Update that completely restarts the computer, would you please warn me first.  I just received "Cumulative Update for Media Center for Windows Vista (KB967632) ... Recommended ... 6/13/2009" at approximately 3:00am, EDT.  I was not aware of it until I thought my computer crashed, and that was until I read that it was in Stage 2 of installing.  I was in the middle of some very important, complicated and delicate transactions.  Honestly, I'm not making this up to leverage my point.  All was lost.  I have never received an update while I was using the computer when a spontaneous shut down occurred due to a Windows Update.  This was truly awful.

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-18T17:38:58+00:00

    absolutey same here,,I thought I had picked up sort of virus or something.

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-08-12T01:18:08+00:00

    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!!!

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-06-01T16:01:25+00:00

    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

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