Preventing Windows XP SP2 Home from automatically restarting

[Daniel Prince]

Is there any way I can prevent Windows XP SP2 Home from
automatically restarting when it does an update?

A little while ago I was in the middle of downloading about 1.8 gigs
from the Easynews web server when Windows popped up a message box
saying that it HAD TO restart. I clicked "later" but about five
minutes later the message box came up again.

Since I needed to go to bed and could not sit and supervise my
computer for three or four hours, I had to let Windows restart. I
lost about a gig of partially downloaded files. I am EXTREMELY
annoyed.

I think the message box should have a "don't restart until I tell
you to" option. It should also check to see if the user is
downloading something or using the computer in some other way.
Windows could do this by checking CPU and hard disk activity.

Can I completely disable this automatic restart "feature"? Thank
you in advance for all replies.

 

[TOAO]

Hi ... If you go to the Control Panel and double click on Automatic Updates
, Place the Dot on " Notify me but don't automatically download or install
them " This way you will be notify when there is any and you can choose at
what time you would like to update them

 

[Guest]

This script file is a little kludgy in that the focus might get grabbed
during the sendkeys, but it works fine here, when I am away.

--repeatDelay.vbs--
set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")
delays=12
' repeats delay 12 times (approx. an hour)
' Mark L. Ferguson 2007
' (e-mail address removed)
' all email without "QZ" as part of the subject line are deleted automatically
while delays > 0
while NOT shell.appactivate("Automatic Updates")
wscript.sleep 10000
' waits for 10 seconds
wend
wscript.sleep 200
shell.appactivate("Automatic Updates")
shell.sendkeys "{TAB}"
wscript.sleep 200
shell.sendkeys "{TAB}"
wscript.sleep 200
shell.sendkeys "{ENTER}"
delays=delays-1
wscript.sleep 5000
wend
wscript.quit
--end file cut here--