How can I permanently stop windows 10 from rebooting for updates?

[ComputerRepairTech]

This is getting ridiculous I have tried everything I can think of short of disabling windows 10 updates completely. It seems like no matter what I do there will be an update that undoes the changes i've made and in the end it will eventually restart me. I decided to reboot today to install some updates then get all my usual apps running again but then I come back 2 hours later and my PC has restarted itself -_-.

Edit: Does that application called "Don't Sleep" work against windows updates?

 

[Porthos]

Is this a home or business computer and is it 10 Home or Pro?

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

Is this a home or business computer and is it 10 Home or Pro?

Home, running Windows 10 pro

 

[Porthos]

It seems like no matter what I do there will be an update that undoes the changes i've made and in the end it will eventually restart me.

What changes? Are you talking monthly updates or feature updates.

 

[trevm999]

My win 10 computer at my job has an upgrade that keeps failing, so every hour it wants to reboot unless I say no, and so then it goes and reboots when I'm on lunch only to keep pestering me after. I've been too busy to look into it (and our IT department is kind of MITA at the moment), so I've just got updates paused for now.

 

[lcoughey]

Install Linux?

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

What changes? Are you talking monthly updates or feature updates.

Looks like the most recent update was a feature update, i rebooted it and got everything back up and running again then it restarted on its own while I was away. I think im just going to disable windows updates, at this point the automatic restarts are doing far more damage.

 

[Your PCMD]

This will solve your issue. pst @lcoughey

 

[Markverhyden]

Install Linux?

Buy a Mac...

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

I have a similar problem - one of my Windows 10 machines occasionally needs to run a l-o-o-n-g job (>48 hours - don't ask!) where an interruption would be very inconvenient indeed.

The best solution I've found is to cripple the UpdateOrchestrator Reboot task by renaming it and then creating a folder with the same name to prevent Windows from "fixing" the change. Updates will still be downloaded and Windows will still nag you to reboot but at least it won't pull the rug out from under you.

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You'll probably need to re-do this after every Feature Update but that's not too hard.

Yeah thats what I was doing before but didn't remember to redo it after the feature update xD.

 

[seashore]

Setting the connection to metered stops updates. You just get the occasional reminder which you decline.

 

[ComputerRepairTech]

Setting the connection to metered stops updates. You just get the occasional reminder which you decline.

I was going to try that (if i recall correctly involved a work around to do it for an ethernet connection) but then I read on a site that "On the Creators Update, Microsoft has now given Windows Update permission to download critical security updates even if your connection is marked as metered. Microsoft has promised not to abuse this."

 

[glennd]

Microsoft has promised not to abuse this.

Baaahahahahahahha!!!!!!

 

[Porthos]

You can set active hours that will prevent restarts after updates.. You can set it for up to 18 hours a day.

 

[Sky-Knight]

Windows 10 updates ONCE A MONTH. If you cannot handle that, you need to not use Windows.

 

[Porthos]

Windows 10 updates ONCE A MONTH. If you cannot handle that, you need to not use Windows.

Lately there have been 2 cumulative updates in some months.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I'm going to repeat myself, Windows 10 updates ONCE A MONTH. It rarely does so beyond that. So if you're in the second week of the month, and you haven't restarted yet you need to let it do so. If you're going to fire off something that needs to run, just take the extra half a second to click start, settings, then security and updates to see if she's pending a reboot. If she is, reboot her. Get it over with, you'll be gold for another month. It doesn't "just decide" to restart, it nags you for 72 hours and then forces the issue.

P.S. By default she won't reboot ever if an admin is logged in.

 

[Porthos]

I'm going to repeat myself, Windows 10 updates ONCE A MONTH.

Might want to reword that statement. 3 in July 3 in June and 2 in May. Ver 1803

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[Sky-Knight]

Not if you're in the business track, and most of those don't require reboots to install. It's the monthly rollups that do that.

You did configure Windows update to use the Semi-annual channel right?

 

[Porthos]

It's the monthly rollups that do that.

Cumulative Updates always require a restart. The ones I listed are CU's.