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
    2019-12-11T05:24:43+00:00

    Replied to wrong post but there is no option to delete, so I am forced to do this.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T05:42:03+00:00

    I'm a software developer and this really drives me nuts about Windows.  Someone said something later in this thread that rings perfectly true.  This is something Apple would do, which is why I hate them.  Give me my options and don't force me to do things I don't want to do.

    I too am a developer, and I use a Mac Book and a Windows 10 Notebook - over the last couple of years, the Mac OS has gotten better, while Windows 10 seems to have gotten worse. The Mac Book doesn't seem to force reboots when updating, which is something Windows 10 should never do either. I leave applications open overnight quite often - and I expect them to still be open when I unlock by machine. FULL STOP.

    GIVE ME MY OPTIONS AND DON'T FORCE ME TO DO THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO.... <--- MS YOU NEED TO LISTEN.

    ...and don't get me started on the start menu.

    C.

    What are you talking about, Windows 8? lol.

    The Windows 10 start menu is a masterpiece.

    It's the best, most customizable  start menu Windows has ever had.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T05:42:45+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.

    Well, count me as another who hates it.  Giving me no option after downloading and installing an update (which does not warn the user of this ahead of time) other than to have my computer restart without my consent once my active hours (which can only be set to a maximum of 18 hours) are over.... that's simply not acceptable.  There is no valid reason to prevent users from postponing the restart for as long as we wish, and doing it at a time of our choosing.  Anything else leaves me inclined to disable updates altogether.  These are *our* computers, not Microsoft's.  If they can't understand that, they'll be left in Linux's dust.

    For those that consider Linux too small a contender for that last sentence to be anything but a joke:  consider that Android is just a modified Linux OS, and currently holds the largest market share among all internet-connected devices, having overtaken Windows by 2017.  Not long after Windows 10 was released, come to think...

    And if you search on Microsoft's own bing.com for <disable windows 10 update automatic restart>, you get over 28 million results.  That's more than if you search "Avengers Endgame", for an indication of how popular the idea of disabling this "feature" is.  When a customer asks for something, a smart business doesn't respond by trying to tell the customer why they shouldn't want that instead of actually giving it to them.  And no, I'm not going to pay for a more expensive version of Windows so that I can use gpedit to disable this stupidity that never should have existed in the first place.  Trying to frustrate me into paying more isn't a great business plan, either.

    I realized after re-reading his post that he has no clue what we are talking about. 

    Evidence:

    1. He says that he is "so happy" about this feature.
    2. He later says "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."

    Which is it? Is he so happy about the automatic/forced restarts, or has he "...never [had] that issue before."?

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-12-11T07:27:07+00:00

    I agree 100% on this... 

    I an an engineer and also run simulations on my machine which can take days to run.

    I want to be in control of when my machine starts and stops!

    This is user-hostile behaviour where MS believes its software update philosophy is more important than peoples' livelihoods.

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  5. 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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