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"It's almost time to restart" message. How can I see what update it's trying to install?
I use Windows 10 Pro and I got a "It's almost time to restart" message. How can I see what update it's trying to install?
Note that Windows automatic updates are supposed to be disabled:
I ...
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How to postpone the restart for "It's almost time to restart" by more than one hour?
I use Windows 10 Pro and I got a "It's almost time to restart" message. How can I postpone the restart by more than one hour?
Windows automatic updates are supposed to be disabled:
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"It's almost time to restart": how to avoid the restart?
I got a "It's almost time to restart" message. How can I avoid the restart?
Windows automatic updates are supposed to be disabled:
I use Windows 10 "Pro".
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Buggy Rebooting and Install Failure
my system (windows 10) wants to do a shutdown or reboot to install a windows update. When I try the shut down, it will go through the normal steps, but then reboot itself with no input. After it ...
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Blue screen error : stop code system_service_exception
Problems encountered on the PC with windows 10 21h1 :
i started the PC and after short period of time it restarted but had no signal to monitor;
after several attempts to restart it i received a blue ...
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Automated restart problems after Windows10 Update
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 ...
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How can I see whether the last Microsoft Windows 10 restart was caused by Windows update?
How can I see whether the last Microsoft Windows 10 restart was caused by Windows update?
I use Microsoft Windows 18.03 "Professional".
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Change how Windows 10 Update Restarts
Is there a way to configure the update process for Windows 10 so that it does an in-place Kernel swap instead of rebooting?
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How to cancel a pending Windows Update in Windows 10?
I have an important process running and I need to walk away from my computer for a few hours. However, I keep getting this popup prompting me to either restart my PC for a Windows update or delay the ...
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Restart immediately after installing Windows updates, regardless of active hours
Let's say I have a major update for Windows 10, e.g. the feature update to version 1803 or perhaps a larger monthly cumulative update. I want to leave the update running unattended after I start it, ...
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Forced reboot/update on Windows 10
I'm having a nightmarish life due to windows policy change where I can't delay the automatic update.
The symptom I'm having is that I leave my station for few moment only to come back to find that ...
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Windows 10 is rebooting against my explicit will in order to install updates
My Windows 10 Professional (version 1709, build 16299.214) has repeatedly restarted itself in the past in order to install updates. I've set group policies to prevent this, however the system seems to ...
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Stop Windows 10 Professional 1709 from rebooting after update
Does anyone have a proven way to stop Windows from rebooting after it does an update. My machine is on all the time and I would like to chose when to reboot it as the reboots do not save things and ...
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Windows 10 is restarting suddenly and randomly
Since a few months ago (not sure if it was after the last Microsoft update), my Windows 10 laptop is restarting on its own without any warning, it was doing it once or twice a month only, but this ...
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Better control over Windows 10 update restarts
I have Windows 10 Home, normally have many things in progress, and rarely reboot. When Windows does an update and wants to restart, the notification is a very subtle "1" added to the action center ...
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Killing Windows 10 update from another PC
The problem:
My PC (Windows 10) is stuck in Update reboot loop. It would take hours to get to the login screen and then it reboots again.
What I already tried:
Accessing Command Promt from a ...
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Disable Automatic Restarts in Windows 10 Home Anniversary Update [duplicate]
I have a Windows 10 Home PC that is often unattended but doing important work. The work follows no particular schedule, and may take place at any time of day or night.
As things stand, Windows 10 (...
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Windows 10 Pro anniversary update forces automatic reboot on new updates
Is there any way to stop Windows 10 Pro from rebooting after installing updates? After the anniversary update, it seems I no longer have the ability to control this.
There is a group policy I have ...
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Avoid Windows 10 Anniversary edition automated restart on updates [duplicate]
Since the most recent big Windows anniversary update, the previous option to disable automated reboots on Windows Updates has stopped working.
The system gives you the option to set "active hours", ...
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Windows 10 wakes up at night although Update was completely finished a day before
I really really hate when my computer wakes up at 4:00h in the morning. So when I get Updates for my Win10 x64, I always schedule an immediate reboot, so that the update process can finish. That's ...
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Updating to latest Windows 10 Insider Preview build does nothing, it restarts as normal
For the past two insider previews I've had to burn the ISO to a disk, and clean install to get it to install, otherwise it just boots up normally after the windows update 'restart' is pressed, or when ...
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How to *disable* automatic reboots in Windows 10?
Windows 10 lets you 'schedule' a reboot for later. I want to disable it.
Evidently Windows scheduled itself for a reboot last night when I wasn't looking and just closed everything I had been working ...