Vista laptop restarts on its own at ~3am

Hi, I'm new here. I came to this place trying to solve a differen
problem. That one got solved, so I figure I might as well ask this one

I got my Vista laptop last August (Acer aspire 4720ZG), and it got thi
weird problem since then

Whenever the laptop feels the need to update (there is a icon tellin
you that there is a pending update in the start menu, right?), and
don't do so by 3am that day, it starts closing all my programs (gives m
like 5 seconds to save each of them) and then updates and restarts o
its own..

And it's always at around 3:00~3:10am. (I should stop staying up tha
late!)

This gets annoying when it comes to a program that does not have
prompt save function when closed. Word and FireFox are fine, but I d
run other programs that just closes before I have the chance to save

Is there a way to turn off that auto-restart thing? I do shut down m
laptop regularly (so that it can update/install), like when I go t
bed... when I'm up at 3am it's usually about doing some last minut
homework, so it's really annoying when it restarts while I'm trying t
get things done.

Any help/input would be appreciated. Thank you

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tincan

tincan wrote:

>
> Hi, I'm new here. I came to this place trying to solve a different
> problem. That one got solved, so I figure I might as well ask this one!
>
> I got my Vista laptop last August (Acer aspire 4720ZG), and it got this
> weird problem since then.
>
> Whenever the laptop feels the need to update (there is a icon telling
> you that there is a pending update in the start menu, right?), and I
> don't do so by 3am that day, it starts closing all my programs (gives me
> like 5 seconds to save each of them) and then updates and restarts on
> its own...
>
> And it's always at around 3:00~3:10am. (I should stop staying up that
> late!)
>
> This gets annoying when it comes to a program that does not have a
> prompt save function when closed. Word and FireFox are fine, but I do
> run other programs that just closes before I have the chance to save.
>
> Is there a way to turn off that auto-restart thing? I do shut down my
> laptop regularly (so that it can update/install), like when I go to
> bed... when I'm up at 3am it's usually about doing some last minute
> homework, so it's really annoying when it restarts while I'm trying to
> get things done.

You have Windows Update set to the default, which is to update at 3 AM. You
probably also have the Wake On LAN option set in the BIOS. Change both.

You can change the Windows Update setting to either automatically update at
a different time or have it "download updates and notify me when ready to
install". Your choice. To disable Wake On LAN, go into the BIOS and change
that setting.

Accessing the BIOS
http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000235.htm

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Alright, thanks

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tincan