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
    2020-03-09T14:30:51+00:00

    That will keep it from rebooting during the active hours. It won't keep it from rebooting overnight.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-02-13T07:47:36+00:00

    Hi  I have Intel NUC and i need this features on it.

    In this folder I have:

    Reboot_AC and Reboot_Battery,

    I don't have only "Reboot"

    Which file I should rename

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-02-13T07:28:50+00:00

    Excellent idea, sadly when I try to make changes I get the message that the account I am operating under does not have permission to disable this task.  If you have any ideas to help I would appreciate your thoughts.  I have only my one account which is admin level, I also tried the Run As Administrator option for the task scheduler app.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-02-11T17:49:50+00:00

    You, sir, are a bloody lifesaver. o7

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  5. Anonymous
    2019-08-14T12:28:51+00:00

    To run Donny's gpedit, I had to use start -> run then type in: %windir%\SysWOW64\gpedit.msc

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