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
    2024-07-10T09:21:57+00:00

    I think you set the repeat time wrong. go to tasks and edit it in order to run every 1 hour.

    Another issue happen to me. sometimes the batch windows does not close, waiting to a response in a prompt. A Yes or No prompt and I every time press Y. No all the time the window stops asking for the answer, but, still less annoying than the restart without asking issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-17T14:27:57+00:00

    @Michael McLaughlin4:
    Here's the screen capture of the pop-up console. It disappears in a fraction of a second, but is nonetheless disruptive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ditpnLBcGtWhr2NmU5fmX5GqvE4H4PHl/view?usp=sharing

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-16T20:03:02+00:00

    Pause for a period and have the discipline to go manually to updates, resume updates, if there's none, pause again. Come back next week and do all over again, til Microsoft have a fix for the auto reboot.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-16T19:23:04+00:00

    I don’t get a popup window. Can you post a picture or description please?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-30T20:56:32+00:00

    Interesting. The original works for me but so does your change. Thanks.

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