Whenever you go for a windows xp software update you will be notified with a message every 10minutes to either Restart the computer right away or later and this notifications keep popping up every 10minutes which can make you annoyed and would plan to restart but if you are in the middle of some important work then you should find a way to disable this notification and it would pop-up back after a 24 hours delay between which you can continue with your work without any disturbance.
Here is the way to stop these notifications.
* Click Start ?> Run ?> type in gpedit.msc
* Go to Local Computer Policy ?> Computer Configuration ?> Administrative Templates ?> Windows Components ?> Windows Update ?>
Next >
* To disable auto restart: double click ?No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installations? and enable this function.
* To delay the re-prompt by 24 hours: double click ?Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations? and enable this function. Then set the timing to ?1440 minutes? - this is the maximum allowable time
Its generally recommended to restart your computer whenever you make a computer windows update because in most cases these are very important security updates and restarting would mean installation of these notifications. You are at risk if you dont restart your computer once the updates are downloaded and installed but at certain times you would need the above trick while you are in the middle of something where you cannot restart. This trick works on Windows XP Professional and not on Windows XP home version.
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Configuring Automatic Updates by editing the registry.
Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
In a non-Active Directory environment, you can edit registry settings to configure Automatic Updates.
Note You must manually create these registry keys.
You can use either of the following methods to set these registry keys:
? Manually edit the registry by using Registry Editor (regedit.exe).
? Centrally deploy these registry keys by using the Windows NT 4.0-style System Policy functionality.
To use Registry Editor, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, click Run, and then type regedit in the Open box.
2. Locate and then click the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
3. Add any one of the following settings:
? Value name: NoAutoUpdate
Value data: 0 or 1
? 0: Automatic Updates is enabled (default).
? 1: Automatic Updates is disabled.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
? Value name: AUOptions
Value data: 1 to 4
? 1: Keep my computer up to date has been disabled in Automatic Updates.
? 2: Notify of download and installation.
? 3: Automatically download and notify of installation.
? 4: Automatically download and scheduled installation.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
? Value name: ScheduledInstallDay
Value data: 0 to 7
? 0: Every day.
? 1 through 7: The days of the week from Sunday (1) to Saturday (7).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
? Value name: ScheduledInstallTime
Value data: n, where n equals the time of day in a 24-hour format (0-23).
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
? Value name: UseWUServer
Value data: Set this value to 1 to configure Automatic Updates to use a server that is running Software Update Services instead of Windows Update.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
? Value name: RescheduleWaitTime
Value data: m, where m equals the time to wait between the time Automatic Updates starts and the time it begins installations where the scheduled times have passed. The time is set in minutes from 1 to 60, representing 1 minute to 60 minutes)
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Note This setting only affects client behavior after the clients have updated to the SUS SP1 client version or later.
? Value name: NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers
Value data: Reg_DWORD: 0 (false) or 1 (true). If set to 1, Automatic Updates does not automatically restart a computer while users are logged on.
Registry Value Type: Reg_DWORD
Note This setting affects client behavior after the clients have updated to the SUS SP1 client version or later.
To use Automatic Updates with a server that is running Software Update Services, see the Software Update Services Deployment white paper. To view this white paper, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466200.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wsus/bb466200.aspx)
When you configure Automatic Updates directly by using the policy registry keys, the policy overrides the preferences that are set by the local administrative user to configure the client. If an administrator removes the registry keys at a later date, the preferences that were set by the local administrative user are used again.
To determine the server that is running SUS that your client computers and servers go to for their updates, add the following f registry values to the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\
Value name: WUServer
Registry Value Type: Reg_SZ
This value sets the SUS server by HTTP name (for example, http://IntranetSUS).
Value name: WUStatusServer
Registry Value Type: Reg_SZ
This value sets the SUS statistics server by HTTP name (for example, http://IntranetSUS).
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