WU badgers me !

Do not laugh, it is painful.
After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
I choose Close.
Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
No respite.

Why do WU impose its law ?
May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next natural
restart ?
It is really annoying (aggravating)

The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too bad !

My previous post about the same nuisance :
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795

PS : I'm living whith W2k Pro

Jack;
Some have no "next natural restart" and possibly waiting weeks or more is
not a good idea.
You should reboot as soon as possible after update installation to finish
the installation.
You should not consider the updates installed until after the necessary
reboot.
Thus whatever fix or protection the updates offer may not be available until
after a reboot.

--
Jupiter Jones [MVP]
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar
http://www.dts-l.org


"Jack_II" <> wrote in message
news:0CA0004A-5DEA-4CC6-9CC4-...
> Do not laugh, it is painful.
> After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
> If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
> I choose Close.
> Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
> No respite.
>
> Why do WU impose its law ?
> May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next
> natural
> restart ?
> It is really annoying (aggravating)
>
> The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too
> bad !
>
> My previous post about the same nuisance :
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795
>

> Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me...

10 minutes is the default.

The protections enabled by the updates don't take effect until you've
rebooted. If you don't want the protection, why install the updates in the
first place?
--
~PA Bear


Jack_II wrote:
> Do not laugh, it is painful.
> After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
> If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
> I choose Close.
> Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
> No respite.
>
> Why do WU impose its law ?
> May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next
> natural restart ?
> It is really annoying (aggravating)
>
> The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too
> bad !
>
> My previous post about the same nuisance :
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795

Majority of WUs require a reboot. Simple solution, install updates when
convenient and reboot.



"Jack_II" wrote:

> Do not laugh, it is painful.
> After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
> If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
> I choose Close.
> Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
> No respite.
>
> Why do WU impose its law ?
> May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next natural
> restart ?
> It is really annoying (aggravating)
>
> The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too bad !
>
> My previous post about the same nuisance :
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795
>

"TaurArian" wrote:

> Majority of WUs require a reboot. Simple solution, install updates when
> convenient and reboot.
>
>
>
> "Jack_II" wrote:
>
> > Do not laugh, it is painful.
> > After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
> > If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
> > I choose Close.
> > Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
> > No respite.
> >
> > Why do WU impose its law ?
> > May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next natural
> > restart ?
> > It is really annoying (aggravating)
> >
> > The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too bad !
> >
> > My previous post about the same nuisance :
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795
> >

By the way in the corporate world, it is considered a best practice to reboot
before applying a patch and then afterwards if requested. This is to assure
that the system has no booting problems and verifies that there aren't any
preexisting issues before introducing another potential factor should a post
update environment have an issue (I know it may seem a stretch but it does
happen :P).

If you want to stretch out that notification time beyond 10 minutes you can
adjust that by looking at the local Group Policy on a WinXP Pro machine (not
on Home). Look under the Machine-Administrative Templates for the Windows
Update tree and you'll see it amonst the dozen or so settings branched under
it. For me I just found forcing the restart within 5 minutes works best.
There is always one procrastinator in the crowd and that system just hangs in
this in-between kinda twighlight zone state. This is a nightmare for an
administrator to support BTW.

Regards

"Jack_II" wrote:

> Do not laugh, it is painful.
> After WU download, I ask WU to install updates. It work correctly. Fine.
> If reboot is needed, it ask me if I want to restart now Or to close.
> I choose Close.
> Then, 5 minutes later, the same question is asked to me until ... I yield.
> No respite.
>
> Why do WU impose its law ?
> May it not be so easy to simply close WU and ask it to wait for next natural
> restart ?
> It is really annoying (aggravating)
>
> The average threshold to be quiet is no more launching the updates. Too bad !
>
> My previous post about the same nuisance :
> http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-1998692d0795
>