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WRT updates and restarting, we went through quite a bit of effort tracking down exactly the settings needed to disable update checking, because once it checks f
by linsomniac 4y ago
WRT updates and restarting, we went through quite a bit of effort tracking down exactly the settings needed to disable update checking, because once it checks for updates it seems like there is basically no way you can prevent it from rebooting on it's own at some point in the future. And this is on Windows Server, where you'd think they'd be even more reluctant to just reboot.
We ended up with this, BTW:
Set-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU\' -Name NoAutoUpdate -Value 1
- brokenmachine 4y ago>this is on Windows Server That is absolutely insane having Windows Server auto update and reboot. What if it was something critical, like a production line or a server supporting medical devices?
- moshegramovsky 4y agoMicrosoft doesn't appear to care anymore.
- Corrado 4y agoI think this is where MS would tell you to upgrade to an "enterprise" version of Windows Server. These generally have more control over things like automatic updates and rebooting.