Disable message popup alert after windows update

by Emanuele 12/12/2007 10:53:00 AM

Sometimes, after the Windows Update a annoying message popup appears every a few minutes.

Especially it appears when you do something important, it takes focus and your window goes behind.
If you want to disable this reminder follow the following steps:
  1. Click Start -> Run
  2. Enter “gpedit.msc”
  3. Go to Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
  4. Double-click on “No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Update installation”
  5. Set to “Enabled”
  6. Reboot the computer

 

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This solution doesn't run under Windows Xp Home Edition because in this version of Windows, doesn't exist the Group Policies utility.
There is a regedit hack.

  1. Click Start -> Run
  2. Enter “regedit.exe”
  3. Search HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
  4. Create a DWORD called NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers 
  5. Set to 1
  6. Reboot the computer
Otherwise download this and hack the registry.

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