Disable restart after Windows Automatic Updates

The Windows Automatic Updates feature is great; however those nagging reboot reminders can drive you crazy. You can choose to disable this feature.

Disabling the restart reminder of Windows Automatic Updates:

1. Click Start -> Run
2. Enter “gpedit.msc”
3. Go to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
4. Double-click on “No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installation”
5. Enable it!
6. Reboot the computer

You can also change the default setting of “Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations” to remind you once a day, or so if you can still stand these pop-ups. If you want to change this for your whole network, you can use Group Policy. For security reasons, we recommend that all computers should be turned off after work or office hours.