Is there any update that will perform it's own update and reboot?

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I have this fear that I have allowed something on my computer. I have never
heard of any update that wompletes the update on it's own and reboots the
sytem without any intervention or notification to the user. I wasn't doing
any updates today, and I stepped out for a minute; when I got back, my
computer had restarted and was waiting for my logon, and after I had logged
on, there was a nofication that Windows had performed a critical safety
update that required a restart of the system. Has anyone ever heard of this,
and if my worst fears are realized, is there anyway to remove or backup from
that update?
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"larry_lavaughn" <larrylavaughn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have this fear that I have allowed something on my computer. I have never
> heard of any update that wompletes the update on it's own and reboots the
> sytem without any intervention or notification to the user.

It's very likely that there was a notification, but you missed it.

> I wasn't doing
> any updates today, and I stepped out for a minute; when I got back, my
> computer had restarted and was waiting for my logon, and after I had
> logged
> on, there was a nofication that Windows had performed a critical safety
> update that required a restart of the system. Has anyone ever heard of
> this,

Yes, but it's not the update that restarts the system. It's Automatic
Updates.

> and if my worst fears are realized, is there anyway to remove or backup
> from
> that update?

Frankly, if that is the source of your worst fears, your life is in
excellent shape.

> --
> If U always do what you always did...
> you';; always get what you always got!


This is a feature of Automatic Updates.

When Automatic Updates is enabled in Automatic mode, if an update needs a
restart, AU will notify you and then restart the system.

If you don't want this update (at the moment it sounds like you don't
actually know what it is, though), go to the Windows Update site and figure
out which one was installed most recently.

If you want to prevent this, go to Control Panel, Automatic Updates, and
take AU out of Automatic mode.

HTH
-pk
 
Re: Is there any update that will perform it's own update and rebo

Thanks.
--
If U always do what you always did...
you';; always get what you always got!


"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

> "larry_lavaughn" <larrylavaughn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3BC4E332-A095-46CD-ACA1-A74DEEB499B4@microsoft.com...
> >I have this fear that I have allowed something on my computer. I have never
> > heard of any update that wompletes the update on it's own and reboots the
> > sytem without any intervention or notification to the user.
>
> It's very likely that there was a notification, but you missed it.
>
> > I wasn't doing
> > any updates today, and I stepped out for a minute; when I got back, my
> > computer had restarted and was waiting for my logon, and after I had
> > logged
> > on, there was a nofication that Windows had performed a critical safety
> > update that required a restart of the system. Has anyone ever heard of
> > this,
>
> Yes, but it's not the update that restarts the system. It's Automatic
> Updates.
>
> > and if my worst fears are realized, is there anyway to remove or backup
> > from
> > that update?
>
> Frankly, if that is the source of your worst fears, your life is in
> excellent shape.
>
> > --
> > If U always do what you always did...
> > you';; always get what you always got!
>
>
> This is a feature of Automatic Updates.
>
> When Automatic Updates is enabled in Automatic mode, if an update needs a
> restart, AU will notify you and then restart the system.
>
> If you don't want this update (at the moment it sounds like you don't
> actually know what it is, though), go to the Windows Update site and figure
> out which one was installed most recently.
>
> If you want to prevent this, go to Control Panel, Automatic Updates, and
> take AU out of Automatic mode.
>
> HTH
> -pk
>
>
>
 
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