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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    Paul Chou 1,461 Reputation points
    2019-04-14T17:56:30+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.
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  2. Anonymous
    2019-04-14T17:42:21+00:00

    I have the same issue. I am running computer simulations on my machine which take hours to days. You come back to your machine and it has rebooted, hussah! This is my machine and if I want to use it to make a living I don't want to lose work just because you morons think that an automatic reboot is a funny idea!

    I don't want to change active hours. I tried the UpdateOrchestrator option but it already says "Disabled" for reboot, so that obviously doesn't work. And I don't have Windows 10 Pro so I can't use the gpedit option.

    GET RID OF THIS F.....G BEHAVIOUR!

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-04-06T03:54:09+00:00

    This is what I've had to do (the UpdateOrchestrator option posted by Omoikane1122).

    To the other answers:

    Active Hours are not a valid solution.  I leave my computer with long running processes over night, and I come back in the morning and discover my system rebooted.  This has cost me a lot of time and money.

    S_and_S:

    Yes, we can acknowledge that updates require restarts.  Nag me about doing them, that's fine, but DO NOT do it without my permission.  This is MY machine and the tasks I left running on it are MY livelihood.

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-02-16T00:10:46+00:00

    Hello,

    Try the process below:

    1. Press Windows key + R keyboard shortcut to open the Run command.
    2. Type the following path and click "OK":

    %windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator

    1. Select the

    Reboot ) (it does not have an extension)

    file right-click it and select "Rename".

    1. Rename the Reboot file to "Reboot.old".
    2. Right-click inside the folder, select "New," and click on "Folder".
    3. Name the New Folder "Reboot".
    4. Now restart your computer.

    This will disable Window's ability to restart automatically.

    If this solution has the desired effect let me know.

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-02-15T16:25:23+00:00

    I asked if there is a way to REALLY disable automatic restart, and you answer me on how to change active hours. 

    It's not possible to disable the restart, because the changes made by a feature update can only be processed while the computer is not being used. Most software operates this way.

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