automatic updates

[kedaman]

I managed to turn off automatic updating, but the annoying thing still bugs me about restarting to complete the installation, is there way to get it to stop bugging me? It wouldn't be so bad if it wouldn't autorestart

[mendhak]

You mean it prompts you for restarting even after you've restarted?

[kedaman]

No, I haven't restarted yet.. can't I kill the process which asks it or would that screw up the installation?

[ALL]

no, because when you kill that process (cant remember which one) it will automaticly come back, because it has ties in with the other process, like explorer.exe

[<ABX]

'Windows Update Logic
Start: 
If IsAutoUpdateDisabled Then
    HarassCustomer()
End If
 
If NewUpdatesReleased Then
   HarassCustomer()
   DownloadUpdates()
End If
 
If NewUpdatesReadyToInstall Then
   HarassCustomer()
   InstallUpdates()
End If
 
If UpdatesNeedRestart Then
  Do
      Wait(150000)
      HarassCustomer()
  Loop
End If
 
Goto Start

See any patterns?

Any way I can STOP the DAMNED thing from Harassing me every 15 minutes to restart?

Edit: how did I miss the other thread ???? (Dammit, why cant I delete this!!!)

[kfcSmitty]

why dont you just restart?? :/

[kedaman]

I have restarted now. Last time I lost 3 days of work, just because I was away 20 mins from my comp. If you want to get rid of this:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-002

[Dreamlax]

That's what you get from using a crappy operating system. Everything after Windows 2000 just went downhill. Resource-hungry, buggy, etc.

Isn't there a service (in Computer Management) that is called "Automatic Updates" or something? Microsoft of course would leave this on by default, but turning it off would stop it complaining (and updating).

[Ideas Man]

Gawd, what's wrong with you people, some of you just have NFI and love to whinge about Microsoft.

Microsoft of course would leave this on by default, but turning it off would stop it complaining (and updating).

Why, why should they disable it? Most people in the world don't understand that they need to update, and lots tend to forget to reboot after updating, I don't see anything wrong with it. If you can't handle it, then do it manually, it's not hard to turn off, stop acting like a child, blaming Microsoft for something that is really a non-issue when you think about it (unless you are a linux supporter, than anything to do with Microsoft is an issue, no matter how pathetic it is).

<ABX, I have no idea where you got that poor logic from, but mine doesn't prompt me when it's off, and most of those prompts you can automatically accept anyway, so it looks like you were in need of a Microsoft whinge to me.