January 8, 2008 3 Comments

Remove the “Restart Now” popup from Automatic Updates

Ok, this is a huuuuge annoyance for me whenever I install a new update for Windows XP: every 10 minutes or so there’s a popup screaming “RESTART NOE DOOD”. When I work on something, that stuff popping up in the wrong part of the screen causes a scene where I am freaking out and trying to save whatever documents I had open and pray for no data loss. Fortunately, now there’s a way to get rid of that popup.

To sum up:

Go to Start -> Run.. and type: gpedit.msc
Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
Set the Delay restart for scheduled installations to Enable
Set timer to a long time interval, like 1440 minutes.

Goodbye stupid popup.

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3 comments so far

Pirahna February 1, 2008 9:07 am

Proof that you CAN customize your Windows Operating System
Matt Thorley February 21, 2008 3:48 pm

You can only increase this to 30mins
Free Tibet March 12, 2008 1:35 pm

Instead of changing the “Delay restart for scheduled installations”, you can change the “Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations” in the same way

* Go to Start -> Run.. and type: gpedit.msc
* Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Windows Update
* Set the “Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations” to Enable
* Set timer to a long time interval, like 1440 minutes.