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How do I control when Automatic updates restarts my computer?

Last night I setup an online backup that would take some time to complete
and then went to bed.. When I woke up this morning, Windows fancy, super
cool, more important than oxygen, automatic update feature had decided to
restart my PC right in the middle of the backup... one hour after I went to
bed.

Now I thought that the Windows Update tool was more user considerate than
that and would wait to install the updates once the user restarted.

I should have known better. After all we're dealing with Microsoft here.


So that begs the question.. How do I prevent this almighty tool from doing
this in the future?

This is the 1st time I've allowed Microsoft to use Automatic Updates on my
PC. This is a brand new PC with Vista so I thought that I would go the way
of the future and TRUST that Microsoft wouldn't screw me in the process.
Again, looks like I was wrong..

I can promise this.. If this happens once more then I'm done with
Automatic Updates and as soon as another platform comes around that's
feasible and opens it's software licensing to allow users to build their
own computers, I'll be a switching!

Windows Vista = The ME edition of the NT code base.. Musch like the
original ME, this one is much worse.

Bryan

Bryan wrote:

>
> I can promise this.. If this happens once more then I'm done with
> Automatic Updates and as soon as another platform comes around that's
> feasible and opens it's software licensing to allow users to build their
> own computers, I'll be a switching!

>
> Bryan

Check out www.ubuntu.com. No licensing, no activation, no becoming
"genuine", no rebooting after updates or installations unless it's the
kernel and it never reboots automatically. It comes with over 23,000
free programs and is free itself. They will even pay the postage to send
you a CD or you can download it and burn it to a CD yourself.

Alias

Use the "Automatic Updates" Control Panel to configure it to work the way you
want. (Automatic Updates may be under a category in the Vista Control Panel,
but I don't know since I don't run Vista.) You could choose "Download
updates for me, but let me decide when to install them."

"Bryan" wrote:

> How do I control when Automatic updates restarts my computer?

"Alias" wrote:

> Bryan wrote:
>
> >
> > I can promise this.. If this happens once more then I'm done with
> > Automatic Updates and as soon as another platform comes around that's
> > feasible and opens it's software licensing to allow users to build their
> > own computers, I'll be a switching!
>
> >
> > Bryan
>
> Check out www.ubuntu.com. No licensing, no activation, no becoming
> "genuine", no rebooting after updates or installations unless it's the
> kernel and it never reboots automatically. It comes with over 23,000
> free programs and is free itself. They will even pay the postage to send
> you a CD or you can download it and burn it to a CD yourself.
>
> Alias

Thank you for the advertising..... Not.

Lets not forget... It's Linux? Not all drivers are made for it. Not as many
programs to choose from that run on it.