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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 ...
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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 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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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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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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