Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid

Hi

Seems MS and Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid.

Just downloaded the updates, and installed them. Ok, great. Now AU wants me
to restart my machine. I say "Later". Nevertheless, after 1 minute, he
insists. I say "Later" again. " I insist !! do it now" , he yells back at
me. And so it goes, forever.

So now I am in a fight against my own computer. MS wants me to reboot it
NOW. I wanna do it when I f***ing please.


So MS, do you think I am stupid ? Why do you ask, if you don´t give a s**t
what my answer is.

Gonzalo

Thanx TaurArian.
In fact , I have it that way, and I chose when to download. It's just that
asking to reboot *once* should be enough. It drives me nuts when MS asumes
their own customers are retard...

Gonza


"TaurArian" wrote:

> Suggestion only - why not configure AU to download but let you choose when to
> install. That way you have control over when you install and when you reboot.
>
>
> "Gonza" wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Seems MS and Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid.
> >
> > Just downloaded the updates, and installed them. Ok, great. Now AU wants me
> > to restart my machine. I say "Later". Nevertheless, after 1 minute, he
> > insists. I say "Later" again. " I insist !! do it now" , he yells back at
> > me. And so it goes, forever.
> >
> > So now I am in a fight against my own computer. MS wants me to reboot it
> > NOW. I wanna do it when I f***ing please.
> >
> >
> > So MS, do you think I am stupid ? Why do you ask, if you don´t give a s**t
> > what my answer is.
> >
> > Gonzalo
> >

Suggestion only - why not configure AU to download but let you choose when to
install. That way you have control over when you install and when you reboot.


"Gonza" wrote:

> Hi
>
> Seems MS and Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid.
>
> Just downloaded the updates, and installed them. Ok, great. Now AU wants me
> to restart my machine. I say "Later". Nevertheless, after 1 minute, he
> insists. I say "Later" again. " I insist !! do it now" , he yells back at
> me. And so it goes, forever.
>
> So now I am in a fight against my own computer. MS wants me to reboot it
> NOW. I wanna do it when I f***ing please.
>
>
> So MS, do you think I am stupid ? Why do you ask, if you don´t give a s**t
> what my answer is.
>
> Gonzalo
>

I have both of mine set to download and install. When I get up in the
morning, all is done. I do see a notification that it has happened. It's
been going on for the past four years on both computers...so simple!
"Gonza" <> wrote in message
news:407DF5A1-238D-4163-A49B-...
>
> Thanx TaurArian.
> In fact , I have it that way, and I chose when to download. It's just
> that
> asking to reboot *once* should be enough. It drives me nuts when MS asumes
> their own customers are retard...
>
> Gonza
>
>
> "TaurArian" wrote:
>
>> Suggestion only - why not configure AU to download but let you choose
>> when to
>> install. That way you have control over when you install and when you
>> reboot.
>>
>>
>> "Gonza" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> >
>> > Seems MS and Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid.
>> >
>> > Just downloaded the updates, and installed them. Ok, great. Now AU
>> > wants me
>> > to restart my machine. I say "Later". Nevertheless, after 1 minute, he
>> > insists. I say "Later" again. " I insist !! do it now" , he yells
>> > back at
>> > me. And so it goes, forever.
>> >
>> > So now I am in a fight against my own computer. MS wants me to reboot
>> > it
>> > NOW. I wanna do it when I f***ing please.
>> >
>> >
>> > So MS, do you think I am stupid ? Why do you ask, if you don´t give a
>> > s**t
>> > what my answer is.
>> >
>> > Gonzalo
>> >

I apologize. There are good reasons for rebooting promptly after an update
is installed (since it's possible that some programs may fail to run
correctly in the meantime), but there can also be good reasons to defer a
reboot, and it sounds like the UI isn't meeting your expectations.

If you're not in a managed (corporate) environment, and you're willing to
use Registry Editor to modify the registry, you can actually adjust the
default time between reboot prompts, between 1 minute and 24 hours. In fact,
it sounds like someone on your machine may have lowered the delay to 1
minute, which would be excessive in the great majority of cases. If you're
in a managed environment, and this is being set by group policy, you might
want to talk to your admin about modifying the policy to cut you a bit more
slack on the reboots. If you're not in a managed environment, you can fix
this by following the instructions at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
to adjust the RebootRelaunchTimeout setting. I would encourage you not to
crank it all the way up to 24 hours, but 60 minutes would be a good
compromise, and it would reduce your frustration by a factor of 60.

--
Phaedrus
Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Corp.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Nothing I say is Microsoft policy. I am a noob.

"Gonza" <> wrote in message
news:8006464C-0716-454F-A616-...
> Hi
>
> Seems MS and Automatic Updates thinks I am stupid.
>
> Just downloaded the updates, and installed them. Ok, great. Now AU wants
> me
> to restart my machine. I say "Later". Nevertheless, after 1 minute, he
> insists. I say "Later" again. " I insist !! do it now" , he yells back
> at
> me. And so it goes, forever.
>
> So now I am in a fight against my own computer. MS wants me to reboot it
> NOW. I wanna do it when I f***ing please.
>
>
> So MS, do you think I am stupid ? Why do you ask, if you don´t give a
> s**t
> what my answer is.
>
> Gonzalo
>