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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  1. Anonymous
    2025-06-18T19:28:47+00:00

    Try the Dan Oross solution.

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    1. Open Notepadand enter these four lines of text...

    for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('powershell "(Get-Date).Hour"') do set startHour=%%a

    set /a "endHour=(%starthour%+18)%%24"

    reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings /v ActiveHoursStart /t REG_DWORD /d %startHour% /f

    reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings /v ActiveHoursEnd /t REG_DWORD /d %endHour% /f

    1. Save the file as "Roll_Active_Hours.cmd". Don't use .BAT. It's ancient DOS. .CMD is slightly more modern, the NT era.
    2. Open Task Scheduler and create a new task. Select "Run with highest privileges" and "Run whether user is logged in or not" and "Configure For: Windows 10", since there is no Windows 11 option within Windows 11.
    3. In Triggers, create a single trigger. Choose "One time" and choose today's date and 12:00:00 PM. Then select Repeat task every: 12 hours. If there is no option in the drop down for 12 hours... just type it in. I check "Stop task if runs longer than: " and select 1 minute. If it takes longer than that, something is wrong. And of course, check the Enabled box to activate the trigger.
    4. In the Actionstab, select "Start a program" and then use the Browse... button to locate the "Roll_Active_Hours.cmd" script from steps 1 and 2.
    5. Everything on the Conditionstab should be unselected. In the Settingstab, check "Allow task to be run on demand" and "Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed" and "If the running ask does not end when requests, force it to stop".

    That's it. No windows flashing when the task runs. Only runs twice per day. You can run it manually if you like. And Windows 11 will never restart on its own.

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    This still the best solution for this problem.

    However, it's recommend check if there's a update needing to restart.

    I spend days without checking and the update does not force restart.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-05-03T18:44:27+00:00

    It simply shouldn't be that **** complicated. Windows 11 is akin to having a goddam virus on my laptop.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-09-11T09:37:16+00:00

    Hear Hear!

    The fundamentalist extremists have taken over at Microsoft.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T11:16:23+00:00

    Freegin' Genius! This is the stuff that makes me happy! Simple yet effective!

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