Windows Update - auto install reminder pop-up is troublesome

[Guest]

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When my XP system receives Windows XP updates (automatically downloaded), it
is set to retrieve them and then shows a "shield" in the system tray to let
me know they are available to be installed. Sometimes I find that by the
time they are installed I am in the middle of something but a pop-up window
keeps appearing reminding me that I should be rebooting to complete the
installation. I can click a button to defer this but I find that I
sometimes screw-up the screen I am working on (graphics work) when this
pop-up appears on to of my work before I realize it.

Is there a setting to tell that reminder window to drop dead?

Or do I simply have to stop working, run install, wait for it to finish,
then reboot, before continuing working?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

 

[Guest]

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Start, settings, Control Panel, Security Center, Manage Security
Settings for:- Automatic Updates, Select "Download updates for me, but
let me choose when to install them".

 

[Rock]

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PaulE wrote:

> When my XP system receives Windows XP updates (automatically downloaded), it
> is set to retrieve them and then shows a "shield" in the system tray to let
> me know they are available to be installed. Sometimes I find that by the
> time they are installed I am in the middle of something but a pop-up window
> keeps appearing reminding me that I should be rebooting to complete the
> installation. I can click a button to defer this but I find that I
> sometimes screw-up the screen I am working on (graphics work) when this
> pop-up appears on to of my work before I realize it.
>
> Is there a setting to tell that reminder window to drop dead?
>
> Or do I simply have to stop working, run install, wait for it to finish,
> then reboot, before continuing working?
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips.

Don't use automatic updates. Sometimes it can install an update you
don't want, or an update can cause problems and if it's one of several
installed at the same time it's much harder to identify the culprit and
fix.

When you are ready to install updates go to the WU site with internet
explorer, choose the custom install selection and choose the ones you
want. Install them one at a time and work with the system a bit between
individual updates to make sure it works ok. If there is a problem then
you know which update caused the problem and you can remove it. Also
never get driver updates from the update sight. For those go to the
device manufacturer's web site.

Major updates only come out once a month on the second tuesday of the
month.


--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

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Thank you. I may have to take that approach. A shame though that MS does
not simply cease with the frequent pop-up reminder (seems like every 15
minutes or so, but maybe it just seems that way).


"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:u8CXS$7hFHA.2444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> PaulE wrote:
>
>> When my XP system receives Windows XP updates (automatically downloaded),
>> it is set to retrieve them and then shows a "shield" in the system tray
>> to let me know they are available to be installed. Sometimes I find that
>> by the time they are installed I am in the middle of something but a
>> pop-up window keeps appearing reminding me that I should be rebooting to
>> complete the installation. I can click a button to defer this but I find
>> that I sometimes screw-up the screen I am working on (graphics work) when
>> this pop-up appears on to of my work before I realize it.
>>
>> Is there a setting to tell that reminder window to drop dead?
>>
>> Or do I simply have to stop working, run install, wait for it to finish,
>> then reboot, before continuing working?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any tips.
>
> Don't use automatic updates. Sometimes it can install an update you don't
> want, or an update can cause problems and if it's one of several installed
> at the same time it's much harder to identify the culprit and fix.
>
> When you are ready to install updates go to the WU site with internet
> explorer, choose the custom install selection and choose the ones you
> want. Install them one at a time and work with the system a bit between
> individual updates to make sure it works ok. If there is a problem then
> you know which update caused the problem and you can remove it. Also
> never get driver updates from the update sight. For those go to the
> device manufacturer's web site.
>
> Major updates only come out once a month on the second tuesday of the
> month.
>
>
> --
> Rock
> MS MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

 

[Rock]

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PaulE wrote:

> Thank you. I may have to take that approach. A shame though that MS does
> not simply cease with the frequent pop-up reminder (seems like every 15
> minutes or so, but maybe it just seems that way).
>

You're welcome.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Guest]

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PaulE wrote:

> Thank you. I may have to take that approach. A shame though that
> MS does not simply cease with the frequent pop-up reminder (seems
> like every 15 minutes or so, but maybe it just seems that way).
Hi,

The default is to wait 10 minutes before prompting again with a
scheduled restart. But you can configure how long the wait is
yourself by setting the policy "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled
installations".


From the explain tab of the policy "Re-prompt for restart with
scheduled installations":

<quote>
Specifies the amount of time for Automatic Updates to wait before
prompting again with a scheduled restart.

If the status is set to Enabled, a scheduled restart will occur the
specified number of minutes after the previous prompt for restart
was postponed.

If the status is set to Disabled or Not Configured, the default
interval is 10 minutes.

Note: This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured
to perform scheduled installations of updates. If the "Configure
Automatic Updates" policy is disabled, this policy has no effect.
</quote>


This registry file will set it to 4 hours:

--------------------8<----------------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
"RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000000f0

'--------------------8<----------------------

f0 is hexadecimal for 240 (minutes)




--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

 

[Guest]

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Thank you torgeir , for actually giving us an answear instead of just saying
reboot, we are going to reboot we just wanted to wait util were ready to
reboot. i install the updates when i am using the pc but dont want it
rebooted until i am done using , now i have to wait until who knows when to
make sure this works but ty again

"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" wrote:

> PaulE wrote:
>
> > Thank you. I may have to take that approach. A shame though that
> > MS does not simply cease with the frequent pop-up reminder (seems
> > like every 15 minutes or so, but maybe it just seems that way).
> Hi,
>
> The default is to wait 10 minutes before prompting again with a
> scheduled restart. But you can configure how long the wait is
> yourself by setting the policy "Re-prompt for restart with scheduled
> installations".
>
>
> From the explain tab of the policy "Re-prompt for restart with
> scheduled installations":
>
> <quote>
> Specifies the amount of time for Automatic Updates to wait before
> prompting again with a scheduled restart.
>
> If the status is set to Enabled, a scheduled restart will occur the
> specified number of minutes after the previous prompt for restart
> was postponed.
>
> If the status is set to Disabled or Not Configured, the default
> interval is 10 minutes.
>
> Note: This policy applies only when Automatic Updates is configured
> to perform scheduled installations of updates. If the "Configure
> Automatic Updates" policy is disabled, this policy has no effect.
> </quote>
>
>
> This registry file will set it to 4 hours:
>
> --------------------8<----------------------
> REGEDIT4
>
> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
> "RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000001
> "RebootRelaunchTimeout"=dword:000000f0
>
> '--------------------8<----------------------
>
> f0 is hexadecimal for 240 (minutes)
>
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
> the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
>