SOLUTION FOUND! AutoUpdate forced reboot issue

[Marvin the Paranoid Android]

Check out this URL and look specifically at the
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers option. We have a .reg file that we apply
to our machines the enable auto updating and set the settings and such
and the information is all stored in HKLM\SW\MS\Win\CV\WindowsUpdate
\Auto Update. This page says the information should go in HKLM\SW
\Policies\MS\Win\WindowsUpdate\AU. I looked and that key didn't even
exist so I both created it and added the info to what we had before.

Here's the URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2maint.
mspx

Here's a copy of our registry file. Feel free to modify as desired and
use it. All you have to do is copy the text below the break, paste it
into Notepad and save it with a .reg extension. If you double-click on
the file, you'll be prompted to merge the information into the registry.
If you'd like to test it, open the Security Center in the control panel
and either disable autoupdating or set the time to something other than
10:00 am. Merge the info in the file into the registry and go check the
settings.

Cheers!

Marvo



____
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update]
"AUOptions"=dword:00000004
"ResetAU"=dword:00000001
"ScheduledInstallDay"=dword:00000000
"ScheduledInstallTime"=dword:00000010
"ConfigVer"=dword:00000001
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"AutoInstallMinorUpdates"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate
\AU]
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
"AutoInstallMinorUpdates"=dword:00000001

 

[Guest]

thanks! i've been wondering why my dad's computer was suddently having
issues where the computer would randomly reboot. i thought it had SOMETHING
to do with auto-update, because it's consistantly rebooted 3 times when i try
to go to custom install inside windows update. i feel this update wasn't
tested enough before being released.

the link you provided didn't work, by the way.

i'm assuming you can save the .reg file as anything you'd like. if not, let
me know.

 

[Guest]

alas, this fix did not work. i wish the article you linked to would have
worked so i could see what i was supposed to name that dll i created and
added to the registry.

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP\)]

If you don't post within the original thread knows what you are talking
about, to what or whom you refer.

 

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