Disabling automatic restarts

Hi.
When I install some updates, Windows XP then wants to restart to complete
the install. However, if I don't feel like restarting right then and there,
I'll click on "Restart Later". However, 15 min later, the box will pop up,
telling me that my computer will restart on its own in 5 min. How do I
disable this, so that I can restart it whenever I please, not whenever
Windows wants to?
ROb

I am having the same problem. It is VERY ANNOYING. My computer is 100% busy
doing things I need it to complete. It will take hours. Meanwhile, I am
catching up on various message boards. I haven't timed it but frequently I am
told by Windows Update that my computer will be restarted automatically in 5
minutes unless I press Restart Later. This is done by a super annoying pop-up
that my pop-up blocker doesn't block -- a no no.

This must stop! Windows Update has no business restarting my computer on its
own, even if I happen to be at the computer doing various things. Nor should
it reboot my computer while I'm away. (gah, there it goes again!) I will
restart it LATER on my own schedule!

How do I disable this? Windows Update blocks me from getting to its settings
-- another no no. This just sickens me.

"MrMoustacheMM" wrote:

> Hi.
> When I install some updates, Windows XP then wants to restart to complete
> the install. However, if I don't feel like restarting right then and there,
> I'll click on "Restart Later". However, 15 min later, the box will pop up,
> telling me that my computer will restart on its own in 5 min. How do I
> disable this, so that I can restart it whenever I please, not whenever
> Windows wants to?
> ROb