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As a PC gamer, I wish this was real. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]rorykins 246 points247 points ago

You do know you can change your settings in the control panel right?

[–]zelleie 132 points133 points ago

Then what the fuck would I have to complain about? [/sarcasm]

[–]GeneralWarts 31 points32 points ago

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about the lack of things to complain about.

[–]wu2ad 3 points4 points ago

/r/firstworldproblems is a direct manifestation of this.

[–]drury 1 point2 points ago

Also /r/gaming

[–]danpascooch 8 points9 points ago

I'm starting to worry about the fact that I don't know if I have to worry about the lack of things to complain about or not

[–]V3RTiG0 0 points1 point ago

Just one more thing to complain about.

[–]andrewsmith1986 202 points203 points ago

EA

[–]Daemon1818 7 points8 points ago

FUCKING ORIGIN.

[–]appropriate-username 4 points5 points ago

FUCK ORIGIN, SCREWING THEIR FANBASE AND CUSTOMERS, THEIR SHIT REALLY PISSES ME OFF.... 

 *boots BF3 to vent frustration*

[–]ThereIsAThingForThat 3 points4 points ago

WHY ISN'T EA VALVE? I BET IT'S BECAUSE THEY HATE THEIR CUSTOMERS AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE MONEY! I AM A 15 YEAR OLD STUDENT, I KNOW HOW TO RUN A MULTI-BILLION COMPANY! LISTEN TO ME! IN FACT, ALL GAMING COMPANIES SHOULD JUST SELL THEMSELVES AND BECOME VALVE, SINCE ONLY VALVE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE GAMES!

Except for Nintendo, they can keep making games for dirty console peasants, but only as long as I have nostalgia for them.

[–]BernzSed 1 point2 points ago

HALLOWED ARE THE ORI

[–]mesamunefire 18 points19 points ago

I used to work at a facility with about 900+ computers all imaged. One of the first things we did with the master image was disable this. Every month, via network, we would update the master image and push it to the computers.

If you don't, about 2 days later, you get complaints from people that windows needs updates. So. Many. People. In 4 years, there was only one instance where a computer got a virus. It helps when you have a "user" account and not have everyone default into "administrator" rights.

[–]Fantasysage 6 points7 points ago

Or you could use GPO like a normal person and not local policy.

[–]WaruiKoohii 22 points23 points ago

Why was this network being managed in such an inefficient way (imaging 900+ computers every month, not managing them with group policy)?

[–]Jeffroiscool 14 points15 points ago

Maybe it's at a school where you might want to setup it in a way where users can't make too much changes and uses Deepfreeze to always revert to the correct image.

Then you might ask why. Well its a very viable option for let's say IT students who need to try stuff out and dont need to save it locally.

[–]justinxduff 5 points6 points ago

They should be using a home drive for each students AD account so they don't save locally. You can then give them limited rights via group policy.

[–]WaruiKoohii 2 points3 points ago

I used to use Deep Freeze at work, and you can still have controlled updating happen without reimaging every machine.

[–]ramen_feet 5 points6 points ago

We used Deep Freeze too to manage the computer labs at a university I worked at. I think we used the automatic updates (which is a "new" feature, at least new back then). But realistically, it usually was more practical to just push a master image every so often because there are so many different types of software on the computer that need to be updated. Flash, Java, ALL the internet browsers and their plugins, just to name a few.

[–]mesamunefire 0 points1 point ago

It only took about one night to get all of them done. In addition, some of the programs also have to be updated periodically.

They all were set up with group policy but there were programs that needed to have the image process and updates via the image process. Also, to note, this is just one solution as was used about 5 years ago. It has probably changed.

[–]stone500 1 point2 points ago

So you're reimaging all 900+ computers every month? That sounds incredibly inefficient.

[–]bknab47 10 points11 points ago

For people who want to keep auto-updates on, but want to never see this again, there is an easy group policy setting that can be configured:

  1. In the start search box type gpedit.msc and hit enter.
  2. Under Computer Configuration expand Administrative Templates.
  3. Expand Windows Components.
  4. Scroll all the way down click on Windows Update.
  5. Double click No auto-restart with logged in users for scheduled automatic update installations.
  6. Click Enabled and click OK.

You should never run into this problem again.

Edit: as xtreme777 pointed out this solution is not available for Win 7 Home users. However, I posted an equivalent registry workaround below that should work for those users.

[–]xtreme777 1 point2 points ago

This doesn't work unless you have Enterprise or Ultimate editions.

[–]twomongsmakearight 7 points8 points ago

No problem. You can be sure most people have those versions of Windows 7 and you know EXACTLY why.

[–]justinsidebieber 1 point2 points ago

YARR!

[–]Couchmen 2 points3 points ago

You mean to tell me everyone on reddit went to the developer preview and got a free copy?

[–]dotted 1 point2 points ago

MSDN accounts?

[–]OldMiner 2 points3 points ago

Presumably you mean for Windows 7. Works in Windows XP Professional.

[–]xtreme777 0 points1 point ago

There is no windows xp ultimate or enterprise edition so yeah i was talking about 7, just like the version in the screenshot.

edit: spelling of there. Stupid phone.

[–]bknab47 0 points1 point ago

I'm sorry but that's just not true. There still is local group policy that can be edited. You can't configure GP for a domain but you can still edit your local policy (to be clear you can still configure LGP for a machine on a domain, you just can't apply GP to the domain).

Edit: was wrong, as xtreme777 pointed out GP is not configurable in versions of Win 7 Home.

[–]xtreme777 0 points1 point ago

I have windows home premium and their is no group policy editor.

[–]bknab47 0 points1 point ago

You are right. I swore home versions had it available, but they don't. It's only available in Win 7 Pro and up.

However you can still achieve this through editing the registry since that's all GP is really doing here anyway. Just in case you, or anyone else with Win 7 home, are interested here's how it can be done.

  1. In the start menu search box type regedit and hit Enter.
  2. navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
  3. If the AU key does not exist under WindowsUpdate you can create it by right clicking WindowsUpdate and selecting new > key name it AU.
  4. Right click the AU key and select new > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
  5. Give this new value a name of NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers and in the value data field enter 1 and ensure the base is set to Hexadecimal (which is default so it shouldn't be an issue).

[–]xtreme777 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for the registry fix. I have used that fix on my desktop and couldn't find the link for my laptop. Thanks for posting this. And thanks for the apology. I accept and wish you well.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

Here is the original link that helped me.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/88554-windows-update-enable-disable-access.html

[–]Borderline769 8 points9 points ago

The updates are a good thing. Don't disable them because of a mild annoyance. Resetting the computer takes what? A minute? Bricking your hard drives because you didn't run a security update is way more inconvenient.

[–]Wutam 7 points8 points ago

Or you can disable them because you check for updates yourself on a regular basis, you know like "back in the day"?

[–]Borderline769 2 points3 points ago

Have it check automatically and ask you when to install them. That way you still get your zero-day updates without the possibility of losing work to a reboot.

[–]TankorSmash 1 point2 points ago

I don't want to take the time every so often to check. It's much easier to just have the OS do it for me.

[–]Wutam 3 points4 points ago

Luckily it is an option since you can choose which you prefer :D

[–]TankorSmash 1 point2 points ago

Exactly, everyone is happy!

[–]romwell 1 point2 points ago

...and complain on reddit about it when it actually does.

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    [–]shhyguuy 0 points1 point ago

    indeed--and with an ssd a reboot takes like 20 seconds max so it's really no problem :)

    [–]ultrafez 1 point2 points ago

    As soon as you put a regular HDD in the machine too, it takes a lot longer to boot up :(

    [–]laller 1 point2 points ago

    Not too long ago you had to go into regedit. But o'boy it's annoying if you haven't turned it off. Once I rendered a video for 13 hours over the night and once I ray traced an image for 21 hours, both got fucked over in the middle of the night when it decided to install and restart my computer.

    [–]Nimiety_One 0 points1 point ago

    You do know that the control panel settings deal only with updating, and not with the restart pop-up like OP is meaning, right?

    On Win7 there's only a few ways to disable this, and it's not in the control panel (as disabling automatic updates is rather dull in an of itself).

    This article covers the three ways to disable the popup. I know there are more out there, but if OP's running Win7 than this is one of the more recent articles on the subject.

    [–]ExdigguserPies 2 points3 points ago

    What's wrong with disabling the updates and doing it manually every so often?

    [–]Nimiety_One 0 points1 point ago

    Going out on a limb, but to me a large majority of the people who would disable the automatic updates would forget to check manually. Also some updates are rather time sensitive, such as driver updates that can help prevent ksod's and the like; manually updating for these might not be quick enough.

    OP is a PC gamer, updates are something he should be doing regularly if he wants his PC in top condition.

    That's how I would treat it at least.

    [–]HowsItBeenBen 0 points1 point ago

    ELI5 plz

    [–]ArchangelPT -2 points-1 points ago

    We shouldn't be on the pc over 4 hours in a row anyway.

    ...we really shouldn't.

    Edit: I find it honest to God hilarious that i'm being downvoted for this. Go outside you pale fucks ;D

    [–]Notsuru 2 points3 points ago

    Shhh

    [–]DreadnShed 4 points5 points ago

    but...but...my precious

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      [–]Asdervbn 37 points38 points ago

      Hate sudden shut downs midgame but don't want to disable WU?

      From a similar thread a week ago by OreoDragon: "There's actually a fix for this! More people need to know about it. RegEdit:

      Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU , creating the keys (folders) as you go if they don't already exist. Create or edit the DWORD named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers and set its value to 1.

      Windows Update will never automatically shut down your computer again! But don't put off those update reboots forever; they still need to happen to go into effect, of course."

      [–]HelicopterPenor 3 points4 points ago

      Just select this option: http://i.imgur.com/lcoya.png

      With this setting, you can install it whenever you wish... or if you don't install it while your computer is on then it will do it when you next shut it down.

      [–][deleted] ago

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      [–]HelicopterPenor 0 points1 point ago

      I use the option in the screenshot and I don't have to confirm that I'm ready, and I can restart when I want to...

      [–]legendcc 1 point2 points ago

      I do not suggest we let the masses know about RegEdit since 80% of them will find a way to royally mess their system up.

      [–]electriczap4 0 points1 point ago

      "What are all of these spam entries? I sure as hell didn't put them here! CTRL+A DEL"

      [–]z3r0w0rm 1 point2 points ago

      For the lazy, open notepad, copy everything below the line in, and then save as a .reg file and double click it...

      Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

      [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU] "NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001

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        [–]FaultyWires 74 points75 points ago

        As a person who works in IT, I am glad it is not. This is the same reason people had (and STILL HAVE) IE6 in windows XP - Not updating.

        [–]G_Morgan 33 points34 points ago

        Update on restart is best setting. No ruining my day with stupid pop ups. It isn't going to update any faster by putting stupid pop ups.

        [–]AccountClosed 20 points21 points ago

        It isn't going to update any faster by putting stupid pop ups.

        Actually it will, since many people nowadays don't restart their computers and only put them to sleep.

        [–]Chone-Us 1 point2 points ago

        This. So many people do the same shit with their smartphones and wonder why it slows down / stops working after a few days / weeks. It's a computer and its called memory leaks now turn that shit off once in a while!

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          [–]piratazephyri 1 point2 points ago

          Where is this setting?

          [–]G_Morgan 2 points3 points ago

          In the update options when you first set up updates you can choose to automatically download but not install. It will install when you shut down.

          Click change settings in the actual Windows Update window I think.

          [–]spikeyfreak 0 points1 point ago

          Except a lot of corporate users never reboot.

          [–]Aemony 2 points3 points ago

          Isn't that besides the point, though? The update is already schedueled to be installed and most of the files have probably already been switched out. It's just a matter of restarting the PC so that the read-only files also can be switched. Choosing the prompt to never merely means that they prompt will never ask you to restart the computer again, but it will still update the PC when you reboot it, or boot it up normally after the last shutdown.

          [–]nortern 7 points8 points ago

          It's important to install updates promptly. As soon as Microsoft releases patches, people start to decompile them and search for bugs that they can exploit. Sometimes they find a good one, and it screws the people who have left their system on for weeks or days without restarting. I'm sure Microsoft knows that the prompt is annoying, but it's done by design.

          [–]Green-Daze 4 points5 points ago

          Not as important as the work I've been doing that all got lost since this popped up in the background without me noticing and turned my computer off.

          [–]FaultyWires 1 point2 points ago

          There are people who will never reboot their computers until they freeze up. It's nice to have something remind them. I wish it would ask you when you wanted to reboot instead of "in x hours." It should say: "You really need to reboot, what time would you like to do that?"

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            [–]scottyxD 1 point2 points ago

            wsus. Set it up on a machine and force updates.

            [–]FaultyWires 0 points1 point ago

            Yeah, more talking about my mom ;)

            [–]Fantasysage 0 points1 point ago

            No, actually it is because of legacy support and companies not wanting to update their own shitty software. Fuck, a lot of MAJOR banks just moved to support IE7.

            [–]FaultyWires 0 points1 point ago

            That can be rough, due to the difficulty of switching systems. Millions of dollars and thousands of man hours, sometimes.

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              [–]midbc 76 points77 points ago

              this tells me that the OP is an idiot

              [–]Thotaz 11 points12 points ago

              I never see that pop up because I often check for updates, why would you not keep your system up to date?

              [–]Hyper1on 6 points7 points ago

              This popup is after you've installed the updates and it asks you to restart to finish. I just keep postponing it until the end of the day when I can shut down the computer.

              [–]Keiichi81 4 points5 points ago

              Why don't you set it to scan for updates but not install until you tell it to? That way you know when important updates are released and can install them whenever is convenient.

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                [–]captain150 0 points1 point ago

                I'm the same. Microsoft always releases updates on the second Tuesday of every month. The next "patch tuesday" is July 10. I'll just check for updates that day, install them, restart the computer and then not have to worry about it.

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                  [–]workpuppy 3 points4 points ago

                  You should automate it for Thursday morning at ~4am. Patches are almost always released on Tuesday, so you'd have at most a day of it bugging you occasionally.

                  Just remember to save your shit on Wednesday.

                  [–]Bishopkilljoy 5 points6 points ago

                  "K, lining up the shot....I see the target....readjusting sniping position....Oh this fucker is m..." WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER NOW? "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

                  [–]Regards0 26 points27 points ago

                  Because convenience is way more important than protecting your computer!

                  [–]CutterJohn 8 points9 points ago

                  Yes and no. I want it installed. Just not right now. An 'Install on next restart' option would be ideal.

                  [–]HelicopterPenor 11 points12 points ago

                  You can do that! God damn, do people not know what settings are for these days?

                  Proof: http://i.imgur.com/lcoya.png (perhaps it's a little misleading, but that does actually make it so it installs when you shutdown).

                  [–]CutterJohn 1 point2 points ago

                  Oh really? Nifty! Misleading is correct, I've never used that because I assumed I would have to go back into windows update and install them, well... manually, which I know I would always forget to do. :)

                  Thank you for the info!

                  [–]HelicopterPenor 1 point2 points ago

                  No worries, sorry for being a little rude. :D

                  [–]CutterJohn 0 points1 point ago

                  All good.

                  [–]YO_ITS_TYRESE 0 points1 point ago

                  op is ms08_067_netapi exploitable

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                    [–]Quatroking 3 points4 points ago

                    As a Windows 8 user, I don't have to wish for anything because this pretty much IS real! You can delay updates for two days, and by that time you've already installed them during shutdown.

                    [–]Aleitheo 1 point2 points ago

                    How reliable is Win 8 at the moment anyway? Any problems so far?

                    Also does it have any benefits at all that make it worth installing now rather than later?

                    [–]Quatroking 0 points1 point ago

                    A few games and a few programs have trouble running on it (Premiere Pro trips balls and Lego Digital Designer fails to render properly) but other than that, nothing too noticeable.

                    The benefits I'm getting out of this is that by the time it goes retail, I'll already know enough about the system to be able to help others set it up. Also, free apps.

                    [–]Aleitheo 0 points1 point ago

                    One thing I am wary about is the "tablet" side of things they seem to be wedging in with the traditional desktop experience. Are you forced into any of the tablet style features to do things you would normally do on the desktop side of things?

                    [–]Quatroking 0 points1 point ago

                    Nope, all the tablet stuff works just fine with mouse and keyboard. In fact I don't even use the start button that appears in the lower-left corner, I just hit the windows key on my keyboard all the time. Closing apps is simply dragging the top of the screen to the bottom, and touch-reliant games (e.g. Fruit Ninja) seem to perform better with the mouse than with the finger.

                    It takes more than one day to get used to, but after that it works just fine. Been using Win8 on my laptop since Customer Preview and recently switched over my desktop too. Both perform absolutely fine. Only had two blue screens so far, caused by incompatible drivers. Considering we're still in RP, I'd say that that is very stable.

                    [–]CommentingCoyote 0 points1 point ago

                    Closing apps is simply dragging the top of the screen to the bottom

                    Been using it since Customer Preview aswell, and never found out about that D:

                    There is a bunch of features I didn't find out about until I read about them on blogs. :/

                    [–]Quatroking 0 points1 point ago

                    Haha, yeah, before a teacher showed it on his tablet I was just using alt-f4.

                    [–]TWW2 1 point2 points ago

                    I really like the new Win8 system. It's a lot more reliable about letting me know that updates have been installed and that I need to restart in advance than the older versions that always seemed to wait until the restart deadline to tell you anything about it.

                    [–]fre4king 1 point2 points ago

                    well i shut down my computer maybe once in 2 or 3 weeks...

                    [–]AmazingDuck 0 points1 point ago

                    Windows gets patched every 2nd Tuesday in the month. Reboot right away and you don't have to for a whole month.

                    [–]WolfTheAssassin 0 points1 point ago

                    Assuming you regularly shut down your computer ...

                    [–]Krazen 2 points3 points ago

                    I don't think this has anything to do with gaming..

                    [–]V2Blast[M] 1 point2 points ago

                    Correct.

                    [–]AlexanderHammer 2 points3 points ago

                    I one had my UAC get permission from my UAC to disable the UAC. That was fun.

                    [–]OlivePops 2 points3 points ago

                    at the command line:

                    net stop "windows update"

                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

                    I love how this has NOTHING to do with PC Gaming...

                    [–]SuperCoupe 7 points8 points ago

                    You really should install updates.

                    [–]Silkutz 0 points1 point ago

                    Im with you SuperCoupe on this one. Yes you should install the updates but I thought this feature was added into Windows to prevent the spread of worms on exploitable windows.

                    [–]Aleitheo 0 points1 point ago

                    That's what pops up when you've installed the updates, that is why it is asking you to reboot.

                    [–]Ihmhi 7 points8 points ago

                    Open up Command prompt and type:

                    sc stop wuauserv

                    It kills the Windows Update Service. You can restart the service from:

                    Control Panel >
Administrative Tools >
Services

                    before you shut down if you're worried about it not updating properly, although I just shut down/restart with the service off and it updates just fine.

                    Oh, and if the Security Center is nagging you (because you, say, disable your AV because of one of those rare instances where it interferes with your game) then you can type:

                    sc stop wscsvc

                    and start it again with the same above method.

                    [–]TWW2 5 points6 points ago

                    Just to add onto that point, you have to open command prompt as administrator to do this.

                    [–]AccountClosed 3 points4 points ago

                    and to add even more onto the original point, disabling Windows Update is an overkill for being annoyed one every 4 hours, just because you don't want to wait 5 minutes for a restart and update.

                    [–]Ihmhi 0 points1 point ago

                    It only disables it for that session. As soon as you restart it's enabled, and you can always re-enable the service later. If you're not doing anything, sure - go ahead and restart your computer. But it's kind of frustrating when you're, say, in the middle of a multiplayer game. You can't always just restart your computer and be back real quick.

                    [–]Ihmhi 0 points1 point ago

                    Yeah, forgot about that. My XP account is an administrative one so that problem doesn't crop up for me and I forgot about it. Thanks for the addition.

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                      [–]sometimes_i_downvote 3 points4 points ago

                      Restart. Your. Computer.

                      [–]Aleitheo 0 points1 point ago

                      Some people would rather do that in their own time.

                      [–]trashguy 3 points4 points ago

                      All those unpatched computers make good additions to my botnet

                      [–]youknow99 4 points5 points ago

                      That's a quick and easy fix.

                      [–]CrunxMan 13 points14 points ago

                      Yeah, restart your computer...

                      [–]masterdz522 1 point2 points ago

                      But that takes 2 minutes with my 6 core computer! Why would I waste that time? [/s].

                      [–]Bst1337 1 point2 points ago

                      1. Hit winkey+ R
                      2. Type in services.msc
                      3. Find Windows update
                      4. Press stop
                      5. Enjoy your game :)

                      [–]Spiro_Agnew 1 point2 points ago

                      I remember back in the day in WoW, we would be in a raid, and half the people would go AFK because apparently the updates all happen at the same time on every copy of windows.

                      [–]holddat 1 point2 points ago

                      How the hell is this gaming related? How is this on the front page. What the fuck is wrong with the sub reddit?

                      [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

                      It is not, in fact, directly gaming-related and has been removed.

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                        [–]funk_monk 1 point2 points ago

                        net stop "windows update"

                        Fixed until you reboot.

                        [–]yemd 7 points8 points ago

                        This has nothing to do with gaming so why did you post it here?

                        [–]dysphoros 9 points10 points ago

                        For karma, duh.

                        [–]March_of_the_ENTropy 5 points6 points ago

                        I've had it pop up behind my active screen many times. This kills the video game.

                        [–]V2Blast[M] 1 point2 points ago

                        A failure to read the rules, presumably.

                        [–]InfectedShadow 0 points1 point ago

                        Clearly you've never had your winning streak ruined by that fucker.

                        [–]AlphaRedditor 4 points5 points ago

                        It's the modern day equivalent of your mom picking up the phone when you had a dial up modem.

                        [–]taironias 2 points3 points ago

                        oh, the memories... Telemarketers calling at 99% of a FIVE MEGABYTE DOWNLOAD!!!

                        [–]zentenai 4 points5 points ago

                        Check it out guys, I'm OP!

                        Begins to disable Automatic Updates, but instead smashes face repeatedly into desk

                        [–]heavyglow 2 points3 points ago

                        • open notepad
                        • paste the following
                        • net stop wuauserv
                        • save as fuck_off_windows_update.bat
                        • enjoy
                        • this will only disable it once so if you see the popup just use this and it wont bother you until you reboot

                        [–]Zazambra 4 points5 points ago

                        Don't forget to add "del c:\windows\system32" as your last line.

                        [–]z3r0w0rm 0 points1 point ago

                        OMG WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO MY COMPUTER HELP ME.

                        -Sent from my iPhone

                        [–]Gearshock 1 point2 points ago

                        The only time it really pisses me off is when it autorestarts without my oking it. I've lost large amounts of writing due to that shit.

                        EDIT: To clarify, no I am not ignorant to how to fix this. And my writing is not in a word processor. My problem is because I run between multiple computers a day, and not always the same computers. Since they are part of a large network, I am not going to change the settings. Secondly, I use a cloud-based system for case notes. It doesn't autosave. Not everyone uses 1-2 computers and Word all day.

                        [–]mistahnice 8 points9 points ago

                        Most modern word-processing software has an auto-save every 5 minutes feature built in.

                        [–]Gearshock 1 point2 points ago

                        Yes but the software I use to log case information doesn't.

                        [–]mistahnice 1 point2 points ago

                        When I was doing tech support via tickets, I'd type up the long ones in a word processor and copy/paste.

                        [–]Gearshock 0 points1 point ago

                        Probably a smarter thing to do than me. I usually sit with it open and add stuff as I go unless the computer had a history of BSODs or similar that would make that a bad idea.

                        [–]musketeer925 6 points7 points ago

                        You can turn that off.

                        [–]Gearshock 1 point2 points ago

                        Yep, but the problem is that I go between many computers in a day, and not always the same ones. My home computers don't have this issue of course. It's all the different computers I use at work.

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                        [–]chrismetalrock 2 points3 points ago

                        Just one more crop to harvest.. POSTPONE DAMNIT

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                        [–]chrismetalrock 2 points3 points ago

                        Otherwise it just eats away at you, each passing second you know you should be restarting and you haven't. Think of your computer, damnit!

                        [–]Wetzilla -1 points0 points ago

                        Or you could just turn on "don't automatically update my computer". That works too.

                        [–]Aleitheo 1 point2 points ago

                        Except you don't get automatic updates then.

                        The problem is the constant reminder that you need to restart the system that never lets you select "wait until I shut down myself". Stopping the updates is not the solution to the problem as it brings up a new problem which once fixed, brings back the original problem.

                        [–]Wetzilla 0 points1 point ago

                        There's really no need for automatic updates if you are smart about it. I just have it download and tell me when there are updates, so that I know when I'm not using the computer to install them myself. I fail to see how this is any different than my solution, they both don't get applied till the computer is restarted, you just have to click on one extra button.

                        [–]Aleitheo 0 points1 point ago

                        I fail to see how this is any different than my solution, they both don't get applied till the computer is restarted

                        The difference is preventing the auto-reboot reminder from popping up in the first place without having to change any habits.

                        Only one person in this thread suggested a solution that directly addressed the problem. The solution was the simply add a reg key that stopped the reboot popup without stopping automatic updates.

                        Everyone else suggests one or the other, we want both and we got it.

                        [–]Wetzilla 0 points1 point ago

                        I guess, it just seems like this is simpler. When you set it to download but not install the updates, whenever you reboot your computer the options turns to "install updates and reboot your computer". So it'll still do it automatically, it just waits until you reboot your computer to do it. And you don't have to go messing with your registry.

                        [–]Lagsalots 0 points1 point ago

                        Opened image, clicked postpone.

                        [–]falconfetus8 0 points1 point ago

                        What does this have to do with gaming? This problem applies to all people, not just gamers.

                        [–]zazey_baby 0 points1 point ago

                        Just turn the Windows Updates off. Easy fix, easy win. Be sure to check for updates every now and again though.

                        [–]lisabadcat 0 points1 point ago

                        Windows key+r -> net stop "windows update" -> OK

                        [–]MjHammeRSC 0 points1 point ago

                        net stop wuauserv

                        [–]Tittycats 0 points1 point ago

                        Don't take it for granted man. My pc broke over a month ago and I still can't afford a new one. I wish I could see that screen right now

                        [–]wiseman2024 0 points1 point ago

                        It is, I have it set to just notify me and I just install at my leisure.

                        [–]LoganPhyve 0 points1 point ago

                        Before you start gaming, open your services manager and right click/stop the windows update service.

                        It shouldn't nag you again until you reboot.

                        [–]conrad4269 0 points1 point ago

                        Wait, wait, wait. You're a PC gamer on r/gaming? No way!

                        [–]AxChase 0 points1 point ago

                        Or you could download Game Booster 3. Every time you launch a game, (compatible with steam games), it goes into 'gaming-mode' shutting down most things that feed off your CPU/GPU preformance. (Windows updater being one of those things)

                        http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html

                        It boosts my CPU by about 20% :)

                        [–]TreePooper 0 points1 point ago

                        • Launch cmd
                        • type: net stop "Windows Update"
                        • enter

                        Freedom til your next reboot :D

                        [–]piratazephyri 0 points1 point ago

                        I don't think OP means that they never want updates. They just don't want updates to randohmly restart the computer during a game. This happens to me all the time and it's so frustrating. I wish it would at least ask me before it restarts.

                        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

                        Just update your damn computer.

                        [–]den31 0 points1 point ago

                        I haven't updated a single piece of software in the past 15 years on my personal computers and basically had no problems whatsoever. I install an OS when a major new release surfaces or some hardware requirement demands it. Basically Win95 -> Win98 -> XP -> XPSP2 -> 7. Software updates tend to break something or make stuff run slower and are otherwise irrelevant so I don't do it. Same with antivirus, I don't run it. Games rarely require many updates besides some directx which is ok and is usually updated when I upgrade my GPU.

                        Of course I don't touch IE. I run my PCs all the time. At least 2 gaming/work/desktop PCs running constantly, several servers. I've had a virus maybe twice and every time it has been trivial to notice (abnormal network traffic/mem/cpu/hd/loading times etc) and eliminate (just boot to linux and delete the infected files). They usually originate from some game download or similar. Even my incompetent mother manages to avoid viruses without an antivirus program as long as she's behind a decent firewall. (Basically I just told her to never install or open anything. She can use her photoshop and browse the web and the programs I installed on her computer, but just never download or install anything).

                        I don't run any virus protection at all, never have. Nowadays I test downloads in virtual machines before running them on the host. I also maintain 200 user network and haven't really had any issues here or there. Some idiot user might bring a virus from home once per year, but then I just disconnect him from the network until he gets rid of it. I do update the servers to some extent (they run linux), but not too much. Viruses etc. are rather trivial to avoid even in windows when one doesn't do anything stupid.

                        [–]UncleBone 0 points1 point ago

                        I don't run a virus killer either. They're just scaremongering, and cause more problems than they solve. So long as you're not an idiot who says "Let's download this random EXE and run it!" you're fine. Last virus I had on a computer was the CIH virus in 1997 I think it was. (Came in on a crack for the Sentinel remake.)

                        As for updating, I got Win7 in December and for the first time left Windows update on. Had it causes minor hiccups but then the other day is fucked a few things up on my system and managed to reboot while I was doing something (don't know if maybe I was typing and hit space as something popped up or something) despite the fact I had it set for me to manually do everything. That was it. Goodbye Windows Update.

                        [–]djetaine 0 points1 point ago

                        If you don't want to update turn off automatic updating or change the setting to allow you to choose when to install them. Or bitch a little more and post it to reddit. That will show them.

                        [–]MrCartmenez 0 points1 point ago

                        I used to do that, but now I just update ASAP and don't need to worry about it popping for up a few days at least.

                        [–]CosmicBard 0 points1 point ago

                        'were'

                        [–]jsz 0 points1 point ago

                        Just reboot your fucking computer when you're going to get another Mountain Dew.

                        [–]SteveRestless 0 points1 point ago

                        Win+R, Services.msc, Automatic Updates, Disable.

                        [–]NEtKm 0 points1 point ago

                        No Windows update, I do not want you to install updates. I want you to leave me alone.

                        Happens every time I do a fresh install and forget to get rid of it.

                        [–]SoapSamich 0 points1 point ago

                        My fucking god just restart the computer. It takes a minuscule amount of time and makes IT people much happier

                        [–]dmxell 0 points1 point ago

                        The point is, sometimes the notification appears behind game windows and you never see them. I was playing a game of Dota 2 a few weeks back and my PC just randomly restarted because of this, after it updated I came back to find that my team had lost the game. It's complete and utter bullshit that Microsoft doesn't give you the option to turn this damned thing off forever.

                        [–]SoapSamich 0 points1 point ago

                        Which I don't agree with. Most people don't ever turn off or restart their computer and the nagging will make them restart. If you're playing a game like you were, then finish up and then restart later. It's not that difficult

                        [–]dmxell 0 points1 point ago

                        You are missing the point. The window popped up and appeared BEHIND my game window. I never saw it and then BOOM reboot in the middle of the game. At the very least Microsoft should make this damned thing more noticeable. A loud audible sound perhaps.

                        [–]SoapSamich 0 points1 point ago

                        okay, that I agree with but I still stand by my notion

                        [–]MarkHawk 0 points1 point ago

                        Dude. You need to restart. Just fucking do it. You're too busy to restart for the next 4 hours? You know, your game would probably run better if you rebooted first. If you have a decent PC and your system is at all clean, windows 7 should boot in no more than 2 or 3 minutes.

                        [–]moarcats 0 points1 point ago

                        I have tried several times to shut this off. I set it to let ME choose when I install/update. It still reminds me (HP laptop) and says "Remind in X hours" but I'm never sure if it's going to just install and reboot. I also do things in the background that take up my whole screen (goto meeting), that would end terribly if my computer just shut down to update.

                        [–]pegbiter 0 points1 point ago

                        On a similar topic, how do I stop Windows 7 from switching colour schemes? That window seems to pop up a lot when I'm loading a somewhat taxing game.

                        [–]iamalimodriver 0 points1 point ago

                        As a Sysadmin, my opinion is that if you're smart enough to disable this feature, you're probably smart enough to keep your computer updated on a regular basis, I hope. Otherwise, this helps keeps my mom's computer from not getting updated until the next time I visit.

                        [–]Kurtlogic 0 points1 point ago

                        I wish there was a postpone button for everything.

                        [–]UncleBone 0 points1 point ago

                        Disabled this on my machine the other day when Windows Update fucked up all kinds of shit when it rebooted my machine.

                        Still not entirely sure how it did it since I have it set to manual.

                        [–]A_Pickle 0 points1 point ago

                        Yeah. Having a less stable, insecure PC makes my games run way better.

                        [–]LittleTomato 0 points1 point ago

                        My name is LittleTomato and it has been 2 years since my last automatic restart.

                        This really bothered me, always. One day I lost a paper. I was very, very angry. I can't remember how I did it or what I googled, but through some dedicated internetting I found out a way so that the pop up comes up, but it won't restart my computer whenever it pleases. So that way I'm still reminded, but if I'm AFK from my computer for like 10 minutes or in a game and don't see it, I don't suddenly lose all my work, tabs, or game progress.

                        It probably involved changing dll files or something else I'm not qualified to do. So, you know, try not to break your computer or anything, but it's possible.

                        [–]xartion 0 points1 point ago

                        ...or if you're actually a power-user, then disable automatic updates in services.msc and re-enable it when you manually check for updates every week or so.

                        [–]ultrafez 0 points1 point ago

                        The worst kind is when you get the progress bar telling you how long you've got until it reboots. If you're AFK you're screwed. Anyone know how to disable the automatic restart, and revert to the behaviour shown in the OP's screenshot?

                        [–]MuckYu 0 points1 point ago

                        taskmanager helps too

                        [–]Castigar2000 0 points1 point ago

                        It is real. And don't listen to these idiots talking about monkeying around in control panel and sys32. Just go to Run and type "net stop wuauserv"

                        No more automatic updates until you type "net start wuauserv." You're welcome.

                        [–]crookedview 0 points1 point ago

                        Or until you reboot.

                        [–]Castigar2000 0 points1 point ago

                        I can reboot and it still doesn't update til I tell it it's OK again.

                        [–]Farking_Bastage 0 points1 point ago

                        We will get another post in a few weeks about how this guy's Battle.net account got jacked because of a keylogger embedded in a poisoned google images clickjacking attack.

                        Just sayin

                        [–]JimmyJazz332 0 points1 point ago

                        If you just stay on top of your updates, this will almost NEVER happen anymore. Plus, you realize that Microsoft only has major updates about once every month and a half. Idiot.

                        [–]DykeButte 0 points1 point ago

                        How about you just update and deal with it?

                        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

                        Even if you played for 12 hours straight, you'd only have to fool with that three times, asking to be reminded after 4 hours. Or, change the settings for Windows Update.

                        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

                        Where is the OP in this comment thread? Non-existent. This isn't real, it's only for karma.

                        [–]madzanta 0 points1 point ago

                        Why would you install the updates if you're not planning to reboot?

                        [–]V2Blast[M] 0 points1 point ago

                        "Related" means that posts must contain gaming-related content in the link/post body, not just a "forced" connection via the title or a caption added to the content.

                        [–]GanoesParan 0 points1 point ago

                        As a PC gamer with Windows installed on an SSD, I just hit "restart now" because it will take about 20 seconds tops to get back into the game.

                        [–]cadderly09 0 points1 point ago

                        You take the time to make that photo, but don't take the time to actually look it up and make it happen?
                        well then

                        [–]shadowharv 0 points1 point ago

                        I used to worry about restarts, then I disabled it, now I have to remember to restart my laptop once a week or it will never update, longest it has been without being turned off was about 3 weeks, only ever hibernated it as restarts are effort. At least the pc spends time turned off

                        [–]Nippler89 0 points1 point ago

                        im in this situation for hours now!

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