Win10 Pro - Unable to prevent auto reboot after update

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Following online guides, I've disabled the Reboot task in Update Orchestrator.
But today I found my PC automatically rebooted after some patching.:banghead:

The Reboot task status showed it is disable, but the last run date indicated that it was run, with some error code in the last run result

I guess there's something I missed here?

I've seen it being mention that Windows may automatically enable this Reboot task again, which I did saw once in the past.
But this time, it wasn't the case. It remained disable, yet it was executed.

Would appreciate any help here. Thanks
 
microsoft knows best with regards to the pc so let them manage that autoboot
 
microsoft knows best with regards to the pc so let them manage that autoboot

Also, windows guidelines do not include automatic state save on open software so Microsoft knows people will lose their unsaved work during the reboot. That's one of the things I love about my macbook - I can reboot it without having fear of losing my work data. And apps automatically launch back to the same state after the reboot.
 
The only way I've been able to get around this is to disable the Windows Update service altogether. And you know what that means... but that's the only thing you can do if you actually have to do work for a living.
 
I thought in the most recent major version they fixed this and gave periodic prompts asking the user to reboot.
 
Also, windows guidelines do not include automatic state save on open software so Microsoft knows people will lose their unsaved work during the reboot. That's one of the things I love about my macbook - I can reboot it without having fear of losing my work data. And apps automatically launch back to the same state after the reboot.

I'm in the opposite boat. I'd rather some software NOT restart itself. When Windows reboots for an update, it brings up the last used programs that were running even if they aren't normally scheduled for startup. What a PITA.
 
I'm in the opposite boat. I'd rather some software NOT restart itself. When Windows reboots for an update, it brings up the last used programs that were running even if they aren't normally scheduled for startup. What a PITA.

There's a setting for that naturally. If you don't want them reopened they don't. I usually have 10-20 documents open on the desktop which I have to reference during work so it's extremely convenient they reopen on restart.
 
They actually took that away and now just reboot.

I love how they made such a huge deal out of it like they were doing us a giant favor and listened to the public’s feedback. I’m pretty active in keeping up with windows news and this flew under my radar.
 
When it comes to operating systems, my preference goes Linux, macOS, old school Windows followed by Windows 10 (by a large margin) - But I have to say B00nie, I find that auto resume feature under macOS really annoying and always disable it!

When I boot my machine from cold I like everything 'clean and fresh' - Each to their own though! ;)
 
Is there some version of windows 10 that does this? because neither of my two installs reboot on their own.
 
When it comes to operating systems, my preference goes Linux, macOS, old school Windows followed by Windows 10 (by a large margin) - But I have to say B00nie, I find that auto resume feature under macOS really annoying and always disable it!

When I boot my machine from cold I like everything 'clean and fresh' - Each to their own though! ;)

I prefer to close my applications when I don't need them anymore, not when the OS decides to shut them.
 
I prefer to close my applications when I don't need them anymore, not when the OS decides to shut them.

I never turn my Mac off, I just put it to sleep. Having said that my Mac is a desktop machine, things would be different for a MacBook I suppose.
 
Same boat. In fact, not only can you not prevent the reboot, but every time I disable the auto update hardware drivers, some update will come along and change it back. Several times I have been in the middle of a project only to have my video card get uninstalled mid typing, then fail to re-install.

I wish that Autocad worked on Linux, because it's the only reason I have to deal with windows at all.
 
Setting this correctly:

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As well as this:

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May help.
 
Same boat. In fact, not only can you not prevent the reboot, but every time I disable the auto update hardware drivers, some update will come along and change it back. Several times I have been in the middle of a project only to have my video card get uninstalled mid typing, then fail to re-install.

I wish that Autocad worked on Linux, because it's the only reason I have to deal with windows at all.

The auto driver update feature simply doesn't work and needs to be removed. The old rule "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies in this scenario, especially with so little control over how the process works, especially in the case of Windows 10 Home.
 
They actually took that away and now just reboot.

I have no issues with someone not liking what happened with their computer automatically rebooting. However, you are incorrect, no such thing happened.
 
I can't find it...it just reboots and doesn't ask on win 10 pro during "inactive hours" even when downloads are occuring. It used to ask on previous builds for up to 30 days or so.
 
I can't find it...it just reboots and doesn't ask on win 10 pro during "inactive hours" even when downloads are occuring. It used to ask on previous builds for up to 30 days or so.

What version of W10 are you running? As shown in my screen shots it's definitely there.
 
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