Timeline for How to *disable* automatic reboots in Windows 10?
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| Jun 24 at 15:46 | answer | added | JonathanDavidArndt | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 23 at 2:12 | comment | added | JonathanDavidArndt | It is garbage like this that makes me happy I switched to Linux. I can count on one hand the number of features I have lost from not using Windows (yes, there is loss: a few things simply don't work as well, but the things that DO work are amazing, and I am not going back!) | |
| Jun 22 at 13:18 | comment | added | prusswan | I like the Reboot Blocker idea. But maybe what I need now is a update blocker (or a complete switch to Linux) | |
| Nov 21, 2023 at 7:14 | comment | added | golimar | If any of these answers work in Windows 11, please add a comment under the answer to state it | |
| Jan 12, 2023 at 10:13 | comment | added | Mick | @endolith: Yes, Erwin's answer of "Windows 10 Reboot Blocker" has been working for years and still works in 2023. | |
| Oct 19, 2022 at 13:28 | comment | added | endolith | As of 2022, do any of these actually work? | |
| Feb 27, 2022 at 17:45 | answer | added | Dennis98 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 3, 2021 at 11:37 | answer | added | Eelco L. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 11, 2021 at 22:26 | answer | added | Bradley Hayes | timeline score: 2 | |
| S Feb 28, 2021 at 20:35 | history | suggested | feetwet |
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| Feb 28, 2021 at 17:37 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Mar 2, 2020 at 4:07 | vote | accept | mpen | ||
| Mar 1, 2020 at 20:51 | comment | added | Tomek | I've looked (quickly) at the answers and I am astonished how hard it is to make Windows 10 to behave. The only conclusion I have is to switch to REAL operating system. Linux never ever did something itself. It just does only what you ask it for. | |
| Mar 1, 2020 at 15:05 | comment | added | Joakim | I just posted a solution that works as of March 2020 and is much simpler than the others | |
| Mar 1, 2020 at 14:41 | answer | added | Joakim | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jul 5, 2019 at 16:18 | answer | added | Marcos | timeline score: 13 | |
| May 14, 2019 at 19:00 | comment | added | Mick | @prusswan: The accepted answer "Windows 10 Reboot Blocker" still works to this day - May 2019 | |
| Apr 20, 2019 at 20:52 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Mar 23, 2019 at 19:21 | vote | accept | mpen | ||
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| Feb 25, 2019 at 14:40 | comment | added | richhallstoke | It would be more than marvelous if Microsoft could deploy security patches and just restart the relevant components or services they affect, rather than having to reboot the whole computer. For substantive feature updates administrative users should always be in control of when updates take place. | |
| S Jan 18, 2019 at 20:00 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jan 18, 2019 at 20:00 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 11, 2019 at 10:07 | answer | added | harrymc | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 11, 2019 at 0:33 | answer | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style | timeline score: 4 | |
| S Jan 10, 2019 at 18:25 | history | bounty started | bummi | ||
| S Jan 10, 2019 at 18:25 | history | notice added | bummi | Canonical answer required | |
| S Dec 20, 2018 at 15:34 | history | bounty ended | Ramhound | ||
| S Dec 20, 2018 at 15:34 | history | notice removed | Ramhound | ||
| S Dec 17, 2018 at 16:39 | history | bounty started | Ramhound | ||
| S Dec 17, 2018 at 16:39 | history | notice added | Ramhound | Reward existing answer | |
| May 29, 2018 at 18:48 | answer | added | Jason Bassford | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 10, 2018 at 17:40 | comment | added | mpen | @prusswan I don't know anymore. I've pretty much just accepted my fate. Using 3rd party tools to disable everything tends to cause other issues. | |
| May 10, 2018 at 4:41 | comment | added | prusswan | So what is the accepted answer in 2018? no time to try all the elaborate approaches | |
| Jan 24, 2018 at 15:23 | comment | added | Mick | Sadly the top voted answer by Windos is both complex, out of date and certainly does not work for the Home edition (it may not work for any edition for all I know). FYI Erwin's much simpler answer has worked continuously up to today (Jan 2018). There are other answers that look promising but I have not tested them. With 250,000 views this issue is obviously super-important to many people... I think the admins here should allow this question to be re-asked to ensure that the up/down votes reflect the current state of the answers. | |
| S May 18, 2017 at 14:38 | history | bounty ended | Mick | ||
| S May 18, 2017 at 14:38 | history | notice removed | Mick | ||
| May 13, 2017 at 16:15 | answer | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style | timeline score: 41 | |
| May 12, 2017 at 23:58 | answer | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 12, 2017 at 8:00 | answer | added | harrymc | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 12, 2017 at 5:43 | answer | added | Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style | timeline score: 2 | |
| S May 11, 2017 at 14:50 | history | bounty started | Mick | ||
| S May 11, 2017 at 14:50 | history | notice added | Mick | Current answers are outdated | |
| Jan 13, 2017 at 10:02 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | Even worse, my PC wakes up from hibernate to perform this function, then sits there freshly rebooted for the rest of the night. Will Microsoft be paying my electricity bill? | |
| Jan 10, 2017 at 3:37 | comment | added | Triynko | Epic fail. The only solution is to disable the windows update service entirely. I disabled it. Problem solved. | |
| Dec 21, 2016 at 15:51 | comment | added | William Jockusch | A suggestion for MSFT . . . why not have a series of gradually more draconian notices. Like a "Delay for 1 day" option the first time; "Delay for 6 hours" the second time, then 3 hours, 2, 1. I get it; for security purposes, you need to have the update happen. But this is at least a bit more polite to users. | |
| Dec 20, 2016 at 20:56 | comment | added | Jerry Dodge | @mpen This feature to install when I'm not using my PC is also broken. No matter how many times I schedule it to restart at a certain time (such as 1am), it keeps coming back and asking me to schedule a reboot - over and over and over and over and over and over and over... | |
| Dec 8, 2016 at 17:08 | answer | added | Erwin | timeline score: 59 | |
| Nov 17, 2016 at 4:41 | answer | added | kpozin | timeline score: 34 | |
| Nov 14, 2016 at 14:56 | comment | added | Mick | I found a utility called shutdownguard - but I haven't tried it yet => shutdownguard.en.softonic.com | |
| Sep 15, 2016 at 7:20 | answer | added | jakethedog | timeline score: 46 | |
| Aug 25, 2016 at 5:54 | comment | added | Rob | There is another effective solution here: justpaste.it/HowDisableWindows10Update | |
| Aug 19, 2016 at 16:02 | comment | added | mpen | The "Anniversary Update" now has an option to have it install when you're not using the computer, but that's not really any better. Sometimes I leave downloads or long-running processes overnight which Windows murders and hides the results of. | |
| Jul 22, 2016 at 6:06 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 7, 2016 at 12:50 | answer | added | seagull | timeline score: 50 | |
| Oct 21, 2015 at 7:23 | answer | added | Marc NJ | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 1, 2015 at 15:29 | vote | accept | mpen | ||
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| Aug 28, 2015 at 4:06 | answer | added | Windos | timeline score: 277 | |
| S Aug 27, 2015 at 19:12 | history | suggested | masterxilo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 27, 2015 at 19:11 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Aug 27, 2015 at 18:53 | history | edited | mpen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 27, 2015 at 18:05 | answer | added | Francisco Tapia | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 14, 2015 at 18:43 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/super_user/status/632261194758361088 | ||
| Aug 14, 2015 at 17:21 | history | asked | mpen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |