Disable Windows 10 automatic restart after updates

Anonymous
2019-02-14T12:17:31+00:00

Is there any REAL way to disable this cancer feature?

This is not the first time i have lost unsaved work due to this annoying function, that almost every Windows user hates.

I'm trying to behave, but it is really hard to keep calm after loosing unsaved work multiple times.

Why is it that Windows cannot just wait until the user decides to restart at a convenient time? It's not like the end of the world that users doesn't restart at a specific time.

In a time where Apple's Mac is already "stealing" a lot of Windows customers, it is a very risky (and dumb) feature to add to Windows.

This alone is very difficult to argue against in a Mac vs. Windows discussion.

Luckily (for Microsoft) Microsoft have secured themselves from a law suit in their policy.

MS knows that all Windows users hates this feature, and yet they still have it. WHY?

So back to the question. Is there any official/unofficial way (FOR GOOD)  that allows me to disable this annoying feature?

I tried following some tutorials on YouTube, but little did it help obviously, as i just came home and found my computer restarted, and my work deleted.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-02-14T12:22:19+00:00

    Is there any REAL way to disable this cancer feature?

    Yes, of course. Setup active hours.

    Start menu -- Settings app -- Update and Security -- Windows Update -- Change active hours

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-03-14T13:20:06+00:00

    Active hours does not help real users who use a computer to do more than check their email.  Often times I am working on something that takes a week or more to finish.  I will typically have 10+ applications and 40+ browser windows open while doing development work and need them to remain until I wrap up that section of work.  I will have things like multiple Notepad windows open with just scratch notes of code or tasks I need to finish.  They are temporary notes so no need to save them, until Microsoft forces a reboot and costs me a day trying to figure out where things were left off and what I lost.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-11-25T16:06:34+00:00

    1: Only some hate this feature and I am not one of them. So happy!

    1. What update is it? Only updates like the cumulative ones and cumulative.net... requires a restart. Plus, it will only ask for a restart after the update (cumulative) is done downloading and finished installing. Actually, after restarting, then it will counts as a successful install. Normally, Windows will not ask for a restart, or automatically restart, never heard off automatically restart unless it pertains to that update. I never have that issue before.

    Uh huh. No admin worth his salt would allow a box to reboot without his control. Your clearly just a random end user with a random opinion.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-19T21:47:10+00:00

    Is there any REAL way to disable this cancer feature?

    Yes, of course. Setup active hours.

    Start menu -- Settings app -- Update and Security -- Windows Update -- Change active hours

    Wow. What an incredibly useless answer. This person should not be posting answers on this site.

    I, for one, do not keep a regular schedule. And the hours that you are allowed to specify are limited to 18 hours.

    Useful answers only, please.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-10-09T12:19:21+00:00

    I just had windows force and update on my system then conduct a reboot for the second time in a week. 

    When the system restarted my work drive (D:/) was no longer accessible.

    Managed to start and step back to 5 hours prior to the update and the drive came back however the critical development folder was missing.

    I downloaded a file recovery tool and found the folder in a sub folder that windows appears to have deleted. 

    Personally I am surprised that Microsoft can legally get away with messing with other peoples data, My most reliable machine is still running Windows 7 and its never missed a beat. Updated to Windows 10 and have regretted every minute.

    Hopefully following a couple of the solutions provided will stop this kind of thing ever happening again however Microsoft really need to have a think about giving us the ability to turn this off without having to go this far.

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