Re: Windows Update "restart" dialog pestering users

I think what Doug says is also the reboot prompt that is showing on all TS
users (including admin) desktop.

Turn off "Auto Update" will prevent the update prompt from showing prior to
the update, but GPO will _not_ prevent the restart popup from showing on ALL
TS users' desk _after_ the server's updated.

It's annoying, and confuses TS users who can do nothing about it.

I want to disable this too, but don't know how.



"goneill3" <goneill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Turn off Windows Automatic Update.
>
> Right click on my computer and go to properties, then select the automatic
> updates tab. select the "Turn off Automatic Updates"
>
> Better still, you should be doing this through group policy, either local
> or
> Domain.
>
> goneill3
>
>
>
> "Doug Starkey" wrote:
>
>> If I'm posting this question in the wrong group, just let me know.
>>
>> I'm running TS on a Win2003 Server. I received notice that there were
>> new updates available from Microsoft that needed to be installed. I
>> figured, "What the heck, I'll download & install them and then wait to
>> reboot until it is convenient."
>>
>> Obviously this is a bad choice. Now, all my TS users are recieving a
>> dialog that says:
>> "Automatic Updates
>> Updating your computer is almost complete. You must
>> restart your computer for the updates to take effect.
>>
>> Do you want to restart your computer now?"
>>
>> They then see two "grayed-out" buttons that say, "Restart Now" and
>> "Restart Later". They cannot click either of the buttons nor can they
>> close/dismiss the dialog box. Their only option is to drag the dialog to
>> one corner of the screen and go on about their work.
>>
>> I, at the administrator console, keep getting that dialog about every 5
>> minutes! I COULD click the "Restart Now" button... but I don't want to
>> just yet. I click the "Restart Later" button, the dialog goes away...
>> AND COMES BACK IN 5 MINUTES!!!
>>
>> Surely there is some way to prevent my "Users" from seeing this dialog
>> at all. And surely there is some way to make the computer wait longer
>> than 5 minutes to ask me if I want to restart... again!!!
>>
>> Somebody please help!
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Doug Starkey
>> Network Administrator
>> Pecan Deluxe Candy Company
>>
>> --
>> Doug Starkey
>> Network Administrator
>> Pecan Deluxe Candy Company
>> nethead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>


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