How do i stop windows vista update from restarting my computer with out my permission

I have windows vista as my operating system and for the most part I am fine with that. I keep my update settings for microsoft update on automatic. The problem is that it gives no notification after an update that its going to re-start my computer. It just goes ahead and does it. How can i fix this?

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Re: How do i stop windows vista update from restarting my computer with out my permis

Greetings, geekahertz.

The two ways I know of for stopping the automatic restart:

1. Control Panel > System > Automatic Updates, select "Download updates for me, but let me choose when to install them."

or,

2. Disable auto restart for automatic updates in Group Policy. Go to Start > Run > type gpedit.msc and click OK. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update. Double click “No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installation”. Select Enabled and click OK.

 

Re: How do i stop windows vista update from restarting my computer with out my permis

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