How to disable Windows 11 automatic reboots?

Anonymous
2024-02-18T11:19:20+00:00

Hi,

I have browsed this forum but found so far no real solution:

It has happened to my now several times that I was running tasks over extended periods of time only to come back to my PC the next morning to find Windows 11 had done an automatic reboot! So not only the tasks weren't finished, worse, lots of preparatory work was lost!

I don't want Windows to ever automatically reboot after an update. Never. Ever. Period. I want to be informed about updates, that's fine, and I keep Windows 11 up to date, but under no circumstances ever is it acceptable that Windows just shovels an update on my PC and disrupts overnight tasks and REBOOTS(!) my PC all by itself.

So it would be very helpful if somebody could tell me how to disable these automatic update reboots once and for all. I don't want to "pause" Updates (I absolutely want updates, I just want to control myself when the updates are done) and resetting "work hours" is of no use unless I can set it to 24 hours.

Best regards

Nick

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update

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    Emmanuel Santana 40,195 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2024-02-18T12:56:01+00:00

    Hello Nick, thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Community. I am here to help and provide assistance with any questions or concerns you may have.

    Here's how to stop Windows from automatically restarting after updates:

    1. Open the Registry Editor (search 'regedit' in the Start menu)
    2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
    3. Right-click, create a new DWORD value named 'NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers'
    4. Set its value to '1'.

    See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deplo... for more restart options.

    Let me know if it works, happy to help.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-23T05:41:52+00:00

    That doesn't work. Like at all.

    Please stop posting answers to this that everyone knows are inaccurate. Even if it did work (which it doesn't), there is criteria attached to your answer (i.e. "With logged on users") that disqualify it as a correct response here. Please delete your incorrect reply, and stop polluting the results the rest of us are so desperately trying to find

    What we want is something like the solution for Win10, which was to delete the actual Reboot file from C:\Windows\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator, but that doesn't work in Winbloze 11.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-19T00:21:52+00:00

    Typical Microsoft hogwash - posting a complicated method that doesn't work. Windows is nothing but a circle of dysfunction. This is why people use Apple Mac.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-13T22:34:58+00:00

    That doesn't work. Like at all.

    Unfortunately, that is the truth. That does not work. At all.

    I want to prevent Windows 11 from rebooting without my consent. Why is it so difficult for Windows 11 to just get this simplest of requests right: DO NOT EVER REBOOT WITHOUT PERMISSION? I don't get it? Why is Windows 11 behaving like psychotic Alex in FATAL ATTRACTION and assumes the position of "knowing" what is right? I (and most other users) don't want Windows 11 to reboot without explicit consent. What is so hard to understand about it? Why is that even a thing that has to be discussed in a forum?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T17:43:06+00:00

    Still waiting on an actual solution to this as well. I'm tired of losing work and time because of it.

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