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Windows 10 Updates
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We having issues with machines prompting to restart post install of WSUS updates.
I compared two machine which had the same updates, one restarted automatically at the time notified on scree, the other hasn't restarted yet.
We are using deadlines in WSUS and GPO.
I see the creator update may resolve this?
If not is there way to stop the updates forcing restart?
Thanks
Such a poo OS
We having issues with machines prompting to restart post install of WSUS updates.
I compared two machine which had the same updates, one restarted automatically at the time notified on scree, the other hasn't restarted yet.
We are using deadlines in WSUS and GPO.
I see the creator update may resolve this?
If not is there way to stop the updates forcing restart?
Thanks
Such a poo OS
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https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27637733/Disable-WSUS-automatic-restart.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27637733/Disable-WSUS-automatic-restart.html
Disable Forced Restarts With a Registry tweak.
1. First, you’ll need to open the Registry Editor. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type regedit into it, and press Enter.
2. When the registry editor appears, navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
3. You’ll likely find that the last two parts of the key — the WindowsUpdate\AU parts — don’t yet exist. You’ll need to create them yourself.
To do so, right-click the Windows key, point to New, and select Key. Type WindowsUpdate and press Enter. Then, right-click the WindowsUpdate key, point to New, and select Key. Type AU and press Enter. This will create the correct registry key structure.
4. With the AU key selected in the left pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and select DWORD (32-bit) value. Type NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUs
5. Double-click the value you just created and type 1 into its value data box. You can then click OK — you’re done in the registry.
6. You can now reboot your computer and your policy changes will take effect. However, you probably don’t want to reboot your computer! Luckily, you can make these changes take effect without rebooting
7. First, open a Command Prompt window as Administrator. On Windows 8, press Windows Key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin). On Windows 7, open the Start menu, search for Command Prompt, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as Administrator.
8. Run the following command to make your changes take effect immediately:
1. First, you’ll need to open the Registry Editor. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type regedit into it, and press Enter.
2. When the registry editor appears, navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR
3. You’ll likely find that the last two parts of the key — the WindowsUpdate\AU parts — don’t yet exist. You’ll need to create them yourself.
To do so, right-click the Windows key, point to New, and select Key. Type WindowsUpdate and press Enter. Then, right-click the WindowsUpdate key, point to New, and select Key. Type AU and press Enter. This will create the correct registry key structure.
4. With the AU key selected in the left pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and select DWORD (32-bit) value. Type NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUs
5. Double-click the value you just created and type 1 into its value data box. You can then click OK — you’re done in the registry.
6. You can now reboot your computer and your policy changes will take effect. However, you probably don’t want to reboot your computer! Luckily, you can make these changes take effect without rebooting
7. First, open a Command Prompt window as Administrator. On Windows 8, press Windows Key + X and select Command Prompt (Admin). On Windows 7, open the Start menu, search for Command Prompt, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut, and select Run as Administrator.
8. Run the following command to make your changes take effect immediately:
gpupdate /force
Disable Forced Restarts With Group Policy
1. First, open the Local Group Policy Editor. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type gpedit.msc into the dialog box, and press Enter to open it.
2. Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Computer Configuration\Administrato
3. In the right pane, double-click the “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic update installations” setting. Set the setting to Enabled and click OK.
4. After changing this setting, either reboot your computer or run the
1. First, open the Local Group Policy Editor. Press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type gpedit.msc into the dialog box, and press Enter to open it.
2. Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Computer Configuration\Administrato
3. In the right pane, double-click the “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic update installations” setting. Set the setting to Enabled and click OK.
4. After changing this setting, either reboot your computer or run the
gpupdate /force
So our WSUS client policy has deadline of 2 weeks and 19:00 hours. Does this mean that any updates not installed/pending by this time requires a reboot?
We have this in place already (was posted after you replied):
2. Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Computer Configuration\Administrato
3. In the right pane, double-click the “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic update installations” setting. Set the setting to Enabled and click OK.
I get it that deadlines are king. There must be a way to stop this? As i say one machine restarted the other didn't. Both had same updates installed, same prompt, both closed close to the massage..
2. Navigate to the following folder in the left pane: Computer Configuration\Administrato
3. In the right pane, double-click the “No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic update installations” setting. Set the setting to Enabled and click OK.
I get it that deadlines are king. There must be a way to stop this? As i say one machine restarted the other didn't. Both had same updates installed, same prompt, both closed close to the massage..
"I get it that deadlines are king. There must be a way to stop this?" - There is a way: don't use deadlines. Deadlines are only useful, if you want to make sure, that certain updates get installed by a defined time, no matter what. Is that the reason why you use deadlines?
If you set deadline: march 30, 9 o' clock, we'll see the machines install the update at 9 and reboot immediately afterwards. If the machine is not on on march 30, it will install the updates at the next startup and immediately reboot.
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