Turn off windows auto restart

Microsoft makes it easy for even ordinary users to configure their Windows to restart automatically on schedule; this is very convenient. Generally, a computer is set to restart automatically after system update so as to make the changes take effect.

Besides, some people would like to get more control over the shutdown and restart of their computer. Windows 10 disable automatic restart or delay automatic reboot is very important to prevent the loss of unsaved data.

The following content shows you how to turn off auto restart Windows 10 for updates during the active hours in different ways. Here are the steps about how to use Group Policy.

Step 2: Type gpedit. Step 4: Right-click No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations from the right panel of Local Group Editor , select Edit and then choose Enable. After you finish all the steps above, you can successfully stop Windows 10 from rebooting after updates.

The second way you can try is using Registry Editor to stop Windows 8. Follow the steps below to do this job. Step 4: Right-click Windows from the left panel, select New and then click Key to create a new key. Name the new key WindowsUpdate. Name this new key AU. Once you complete the steps above, you can prevent Windows Update from automatically restarting your PC. Administrators can override the default behavior for the auto-restart required notification.

By default, this notification will dismiss automatically. When configured to 2 - User Action , a user that gets this notification must manually dismiss it. You can also configure the period prior to an update that this notification will show up on.

The default value is 15 minutes. Since users are not able to postpone a scheduled restart once the deadline has been reached, you can configure a warning reminder prior to the scheduled restart. You can also configure a warning prior to the restart, to notify users once the restart is imminent and allow them to save their work.

The warning reminder can be configured by Reminder hours and the warning prior to an imminent auto-restart can be configured by Warning mins. Engaged restart is the period of time when users are required to schedule a restart. Initially, Windows will auto-restart outside of working hours.

Once the set period ends seven days by default , Windows transitions to user scheduled restarts. The following table shows which policies apply to Windows You can only choose one path for restart behavior.

If you set conflicting restart policies, the actual restart behavior may not be what you expected. The following tables list registry values that correspond to the Group Policy settings for controlling restarts after updates in Windows Skip to main content.

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