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You miss the point completely. The standard user, which is theNick said:There actually is a timer. It gives you 3 selections usually. One is
like 10 minutes, another an hour, another is 4 hours. If you happen to
be away from the computer, it will restart by itself. That is part of
the 'automatic updates'. If you don't like it, customize your schedule
so that either the installation is at a time when you aren't using your
computer or set the installation to prompt you (download updates, prompt
for installation).
I'm familiar with all of this, because I have customized these settings
for my domain users via Group Policies. I don't like having updates be
installed, but then the computer not restarted for days or weeks at a
time. I've had users complain because they were in the middle of
something. My response to them is if you are in the middle of
something, it will show you the countdown. If you aren't at your
computer to see the countdown because you went to do something else, you
should have saved your work anyway like any reasonable, responsible
person would do.
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recommended configuration, does not have any choice as to control of the
reboot and may NOT have the time to save work, especially if attention
is directed elsewhere when the procedure takes place.