[tweakmonkey]

WORST IDEA EVER. Windows Vista automatically restarts after installing updates. Microsoft apparently thought this was a good idea, and I would agree if I needed my computer to randomly reboot as if it's infected by a horrible virus, but the reality is I use the thing for work, so when it reboots and I'm in the middle of something (or stepped away from the desk) it can be a horrible experience.

There is one widespread fix but it apparently does not work permanently for Windows Vista Home. There's a temporary fix by running sc stop wuauserv, but you have to run it after each reboot.

So what I did was open the Start menu, find Startup, right click it and choose Open. Right click and choose New / Text Document. Rename the file to vistasucks.BAT

The phrase vistasucks is not necessary, but is recommended.

Right click the file and choose Edit.
Paste in the following text: sc stop wuauserv

Save the file. The next time you reboot, Windows should automatically disable the reboot-after-update service. If you check the Start menu, go to Startup and run the vistasucks.bat file manually to ensure it's disabled for your current session.

I have not verified if this does actually prevent reboots yet, but from what I read on other sites it should work. It can't hurt though

[demonizeZ]

I have vista home premium, not by choice it was on my notebook i got . I have my automatic update disable. Last time i updated my notebook it asked for a restart and i just said no. And continued working on it. Didnt seem to ran in that issue you talking about. Are there any other parameters active?. I will take a look again.
Soon i am going to change to Ultimate because it has RDP.

[SoulAssassin]

Vista Business is on my machine and it's never restarted after an update unless I allow it to do so (after 10min/4 hours/etc)...also you can stop the service Windows Update by opening services.msc.

[tweakmonkey]

Originally Posted by SoulAssassin

Vista Business is on my machine and it's never restarted after an update unless I allow it to do so (after 10min/4 hours/etc)...

But it's automatic (at least until I did the fix mentioned above). Or at least, it was on my computer. As soon as that ten minute timer counted down it rebooted automatically. If I had seen it I would've stopped it, but once I didn't make it in time.

also you can stop the service Windows Update by opening services.msc.

But that turns off all of Windows update. I just want to turn off the auto reboot.

[SoulAssassin]

That is weird. It's never auto-restarted on me. The box prompting for the reboot or wait X minutes is just sitting there no matter how long I wait to come back.

[tweakmonkey]

Originally Posted by SoulAssassin

That is weird. It's never auto-restarted on me. The box prompting for the reboot or wait X minutes is just sitting there no matter how long I wait to come back.

Maybe it's a "feature" on Windows Vista Home

Or I'm going crazy

[ThatHideousStrength]

That's fucked up.

[Juballharshaw]

Dumbest design ever. Going to have to see of that fix works as the computer restarting mid game sucks.

[smirnoff]

It's happened to me.... I've started a download and taken off for the day expecting to have something good to watch when I get home only to find my computer waiting to be logged in, and a file about 1% complete.

[tweakmonkey]

Here's a screenshot of the restart countdown (note if you're not there and it reaches 0, it reboots itself):

[demonizeZ]

Cant you turn the auto update off. Once a week you can just do update when you have time. That way you control when to update and stuff. Not to mention windows dont get update soo frequently.