2006-12-18T02:22:09Ztag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/thread/post/stopping-windows-update-from-rebooting-automaticallytag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/191/6102006-12-18T02:22:09Zjondaley<p>This stopped working for me on XP Home.</p> <p>So, I added:</p> <p>RebootRelaunchTimeout = 180</p> <p>And I will see how it goes...</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/191/6092006-04-18T01:04:50Zjondaley<p>My XP Home computer is currently annoying me as I am trying to do my work and XP Home doesn't have the group policy editor. <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html" rel="nofollow noopener">This site</a> had the answer:</p> <p>Save the following lines to file named test.reg, and double-click it.</p> <p>Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00</p> <p>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsWindowsUpdateAU]</p> <p>&quot;RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled&quot;=dword:00000000</p> <p>&quot;NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers&quot;=dword:00000001</p>tag:blog.limedaley.com,2018:/isso/191/6082006-02-23T00:09:43Zjondaley<p>A better solution is:</p> <p>(this is from Microsoft, under the OEM System Builder stuff, so &quot;approved&quot;)</p> <p>Run gpedit.msc.<br> expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates,<br> expand Windows Components, and then click Windows Update.<br> In the details pane, click No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installation options, and enable it.</p>