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I have a machine running Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB and it is supposed to run unattended for long stretches of time (think months or longer). It is running without periphery, so I can only access it remote desktop.

As the machine is connected to the internet, it every so often receives Windows updates (which is not a bad thing per se, IMO). Unfortunately, sometimes when it receives an update, the subsequent auto-reboot fails and I have to manually cycle the power to restart it. After such a cold reset, everything seems to be fine and the update is listed as successfully installed. Normal reboots via the start menu are no problem at all, just the update-related ones seem to be (and I don't know yet if that's the case always or if some updates do run through and some fail sporadically)

Windows updates are already set to "defer feature updates", but I am not sure how to reliably disable further updates. Also, as I said, I do not know if this would be the most sensible thing to do, security-wise.

So I don't mind the update and restart process itself, as the computer is configured to automagically resume its tasks after any kind of restart. But these manual power cyclings are a bit of a pain in the... rear end, so I'd be grateful for any hints to what I can do to diagnose and/or remedy the cause of this problem?

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    We have machines at customers that restart overnight (3:00am) without issue. Update the BIOS, all other drivers, do a manual Windows 10 Enterprise update, restart and test. If that does not work, repair the operating system with the Enterprise DVD.
    – anon
    Commented Jan 14, 2021 at 16:22
  • Windows shouldn’t run into a problem with automatic reboots. Any machine I have automatically reboots without any issues. You should diagnose those issues. You didn’t provide any details on the problems you do face. You can [exit] your question to provide the necessary information required to answer your question
    – Ramhound
    Commented Jan 14, 2021 at 16:50
  • A long-running computer shouldn't really do updates if you want it really stable, especially if it's mostly dedicated to known applications. It's also a good idea to schedule a reboot at least every week to restart with clean memory, as artifacts may accumulate in Windows over time.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jan 14, 2021 at 21:50
  • @Ramhound: Unfortunately, that's about all information I have (there is some more detail now in the edited original post), that's why I was asking for directions on how to diagnose the problem, too. Normal resets are no problem, just the ones triggered by updates.
    – haarigertroll
    Commented Jan 15, 2021 at 7:26

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