On Windows 8 (not sure about RT) you can indeed turn off automatic restarts, as described in the first answer here : http://superuser.com/questions/490993/is-th

On Windows 8 (not sure about RT) you can indeed turn off automatic restarts, as described in the first answer here : http://superuser.com/questions/490993/is-there-anyway-to-stop-windows-8-from-restarting-for-an-update http://superuser.com/questions/490993/is-there-anyway-to-sto... Though it's a shame this option is absolutely non user-friendly in my opinion.