Re: Vista Restarts to intsall update without asking

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Yes, but how long did it take you to find all this out?
Now think how long it would take an artist.
And I have several clients who are absolute wizards at using Word, for
instance, but don't have the time to learn all the ins and outs of
installing and configuring Windows, and would anyway only do it once or
twice per version of Windows. And they have to know that the question needs
to be asked.
This could develop into one of those long philosophical conversations, so
I'll leave it there.
Again, thanks for your comments.
Regards
Dave
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You're welcome. MS makes the tools and setting available. All your
clients have to do is inform themselves and use them.

Dave Bolt wrote:
Robear,
Thanks for that lot.
Very bad form as far as I'm concerned, that the first I know of the
problem
is when the machine automatically reboots during a critical operation.
Much
better form to default to asking the user/administrator if they want that
behaviour ahead of time.
Hope Microsoft have a good think about this. There are a large number of
users out there who just want to use the PC, not have it kill their work
in
mid calculation or whatever.
Anyway, I'll look at the information you supplied, and make sure I advise
all my clients in future.
Regards
Dave

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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See this discussion:
http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx

You can configure Automatic Updates such that *you* control which
updates
are downloaded, which updates are installed and when. Doing so would
avoid automatic restarts.

Update your computer automatically
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/automaticupdate.mspx

Automatic Updates in Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windowsupdate/learn/windowsvista.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/windowsupdate.mspx

=> Excellent Vista tutorial:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial140.html

Incidentally, I have noticed some machines bringing up a five minute
warning
and counting down...

<QP>
The center countdown timer [in Vista] starts at 5 minutes. You can
Restart now, or Postpone the reminder by 10 minutes, 1 hour, or 4 hours.
(In Windows XP, you can postpone for 10 minutes).

There is one exception ? a system administrator can deny your rebooting
privileges. For user accounts without rebooting privileges, Windows
Update disables the Restart now button. You can still Postpone, or your
system will automatically reboot after 5 minutes.
</QP>
Source:
http://blogs.technet.com/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Dave Bolt wrote:
I was attempting to set up an EDI application on a Vista PC, with some
difficulty, and had just got all working. I attempted to do a data
transfer
and part way through the PC flashed up a message and restarted without
giving me a chance to stop it.
The message did say the PC was being restarted to install updates.
I have now lost three orders for £3000 minimum each from the system,
and
am
having to completely re-install the EDI application to ensure that it
is
stable again.
The biggest questions are why the automatic updates think that while I
am
working it is safe to restart the PC, and why I can not see a choice to
control this behaviour.
Incidentally, I have noticed some machines bringing up a five minute
warning
and counting down. This can be cancelled, but is repeated even though I
might be trying to work on the machine doing some processing that can
not
be
interrupted without having to start again. There is no option to tell
it
not
to ask again.
Regards
Dave



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