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by wesley.chin

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What is the default behavior after an update? Is it to automatically reboot?

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by david.wallis

usually is ask whether you want to reboot now or later, other updates auto reboot so yes and no :)

by oh smeg

But if the update alters the Windows Kernel the System needs to be restarted after this update is applied.

You should be given the option though to chose to restart latter though if you continue to use the system you are most likely to get constant reminders that you need to Reboot and you need to close these down to continue working.

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by wesley.chin

Thanks for the replies. I had thought that the reboot would kind of depend on how Automatic Updates are set up in the computer. I guess that alone does not govern when updating occurs.

Some people here do not like it when the reminder to reboot appears after updates.

I had asked if there was a default because the computers here are set up to backup data at night. And the backup is done through software on each computer set to go off at specific times as there is no server. So it would not be good if a computer rebooted after an update.

by m61

you can tell windows to just download the updated and prompt you to install [almost recommended], but the default is to download and install [which causes the reboot], and in windows xp the default "check" time was 3am or something

just some things to check

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