Restart nag popup Win XP Home

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Larry LaMere

When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps coming up every 10
minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently without disabling Automatic Updates?
 
Larry LaMere wrote:

> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps
> coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently
> without disabling Automatic Updates?

Hi Larry LaMere,

Group Policies can do this for but you are using Windows XP Home. If I
were you I would not install the updates until you are ready to reboot
the machine.

Here is a hint:

[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]

This will re-prompt you to restart every "n" minutes.

Name: RebootRelaunchTimeout
Type: DWORD
Value: Number of minutes ("n") in decimal.


Name: RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled
Type: DWORD
Value: 1

--
William Crawford
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
 
Larry LaMere wrote:
> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps
> coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently
> without disabling Automatic Updates?

Multi-posted?

I always find this question bizarre.

Why would you - knowing you plan on using your computer for an indefinite
amount of time - bother to choose to install updates knowing it might ask
you to reboot when it is done to accomplish the task you gave it?

The simplest and most logical solution to this is to - if you are going to
select to have the system notify you of updates and let yourself choose when
to install - choose an opportune time to install it. In logical terms -
don't tell it to install until you are ready for the consequences of doing
so - which you know may include a system restart.

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Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
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On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:31:45 +0100, Swifty <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote:

>> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps coming up every 10
>> minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently without disabling Automatic Updates?
>
>Just don't chose - leave the choice window somewhere convenient and
>forget about it - it will do the same for you!


Unfortunately it stays on top of everything else and annoys the hell out of me. I hate
a piece of software treating me like a moron ( I'm only dull normal). <| : }
 
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:48:55 -0500, "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:

>Larry LaMere wrote:
>> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps
>> coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently
>> without disabling Automatic Updates?
>
>Multi-posted?
>
>I always find this question bizarre.
>
>Why would you - knowing you plan on using your computer for an indefinite
>amount of time - bother to choose to install updates knowing it might ask
>you to reboot when it is done to accomplish the task you gave it?
>
>The simplest and most logical solution to this is to - if you are going to
>select to have the system notify you of updates and let yourself choose when
>to install - choose an opportune time to install it. In logical terms -
>don't tell it to install until you are ready for the consequences of doing
>so - which you know may include a system restart.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

You're right Shenan, I guess it's just habit. I install them as soon as the updates
ready to install message comes up.

Yours is the best answer I've gotten so far but I'd still like to turn it off.
 
Larry LaMere wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:48:55 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
> <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Larry LaMere wrote:

>>> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps
>>> coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently
>>> without disabling Automatic Updates?
>>
>> Multi-posted?
>>
>> I always find this question bizarre.
>>
>> Why would you - knowing you plan on using your computer for an
>> indefinite amount of time - bother to choose to install updates
>> knowing it might ask you to reboot when it is done to accomplish the
>> task you gave it?

> You're right Shenan, I guess it's just habit. I install them as soon
> as the updates ready to install message comes up.
>
> Yours is the best answer I've gotten so far but I'd still like to
> turn it off.


Well, I disagree with Shenan, and think yours is a legitimate complaint. I
also tend to install them right away, rather than wait until I'm ready to
shut down. That's for two reasons:

1. If I don't do it now, I am likely to forget to do it later.

2. Even I remember to do it when I'm ready to shut down, if I'm shutting
down for example, for example, because I'm leaving the house, and my wife is
waiting for me, I don't want to take the time to do it then.

So I too would like to disable the nagging, but as far as I know, there's no
way to do so.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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Larry LaMere wrote:
> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup
> keeps coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it
> permanently without disabling Automatic Updates?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Why would you - knowing you plan on using your computer for an
> indefinite amount of time - bother to choose to install updates
> knowing it might ask you to reboot when it is done to accomplish
> the task you gave it?

Larry LaMere wrote:
> You're right Shenan, I guess it's just habit. I install them as
> soon as the updates ready to install message comes up.
>
> Yours is the best answer I've gotten so far but I'd still like to
> turn it off.

Ken Blake wrote:
> Well, I disagree with Shenan, and think yours is a legitimate
> complaint. I also tend to install them right away, rather than wait
> until I'm ready to shut down. That's for two reasons:
>
> 1. If I don't do it now, I am likely to forget to do it later.
>
> 2. Even I remember to do it when I'm ready to shut down, if I'm
> shutting down for example, for example, because I'm leaving the
> house, and my wife is waiting for me, I don't want to take the time
> to do it then.
> So I too would like to disable the nagging, but as far as I know,
> there's no way to do so.

I cannot say I 100% disagree with Ken on on his point-to-point argument.
Valid points make for a good argument.

I did not give this before - which is not usually my modus operandi - but
there is a solution - sort of.

Copy this into a notepad document:

<copy below here>

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000000
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:0x0007d280

<copy above here>

5 lines - watch for wrapping...
Save as "NoMoreNag.reg" and then right-click and merge it into your system.
Reboot.

Even if it nags (shouldn't) - it will do it once every year or so.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
 
Shenan Stanley wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:

>> Well, I disagree with Shenan, and think yours is a legitimate
>> complaint. I also tend to install them right away, rather than wait
>> until I'm ready to shut down. That's for two reasons:
>>
>> 1. If I don't do it now, I am likely to forget to do it later.
>>
>> 2. Even I remember to do it when I'm ready to shut down, if I'm
>> shutting down for example, for example, because I'm leaving the
>> house, and my wife is waiting for me, I don't want to take the time
>> to do it then.
>> So I too would like to disable the nagging, but as far as I know,
>> there's no way to do so.
>
> I cannot say I 100% disagree with Ken on on his point-to-point
> argument. Valid points make for a good argument.
>
> I did not give this before - which is not usually my modus operandi -
> but there is a solution - sort of.
>
> Copy this into a notepad document:
>
> <copy below here>
>
> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
> "RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000000
> "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
> "RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:0x0007d280
>
> <copy above here>
>
> 5 lines - watch for wrapping...
> Save as "NoMoreNag.reg" and then right-click and merge it into your
> system. Reboot.
>
> Even if it nags (shouldn't) - it will do it once every year or so.


Thanks very much Shenan. I didn't know about this, and it will be helpful to
me as well as to the OP.


--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
 
On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:20:01 -0700, "Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain>
wrote:

>Larry LaMere wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:48:55 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
>> <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Larry LaMere wrote:
>
>>>> When I install updates and choose not to restart now a popup keeps
>>>> coming up every 10 minutes. Is there a way to stop it permanently
>>>> without disabling Automatic Updates?
>>>
>>> Multi-posted?
>>>
>>> I always find this question bizarre.
>>>
>>> Why would you - knowing you plan on using your computer for an
>>> indefinite amount of time - bother to choose to install updates
>>> knowing it might ask you to reboot when it is done to accomplish the
>>> task you gave it?
>
>> You're right Shenan, I guess it's just habit. I install them as soon
>> as the updates ready to install message comes up.
>>
>> Yours is the best answer I've gotten so far but I'd still like to
>> turn it off.
>
>
>Well, I disagree with Shenan, and think yours is a legitimate complaint. I
>also tend to install them right away, rather than wait until I'm ready to
>shut down. That's for two reasons:
>
>1. If I don't do it now, I am likely to forget to do it later.
>
>2. Even I remember to do it when I'm ready to shut down, if I'm shutting
>down for example, for example, because I'm leaving the house, and my wife is
>waiting for me, I don't want to take the time to do it then.
>
>So I too would like to disable the nagging, but as far as I know, there's no
>way to do so.


What irritates me is that there is a way in Win XP Pro Wish it could pe ported over.

http://lifehacker.com/software/top/get-rid-of-windows-update-restart-nag-183976.php
 
> Unfortunately it stays on top of everything else and annoys the hell out of me. I hate
> a piece of software treating me like a moron ( I'm only dull normal). <| : }

I'm fairly sure that "The Wonderful Icon" could minimise it to a system
tray icon. I think I've done that in the past. I usually move it so that
only one pixel is visible.

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http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk
 
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