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09-19-2007, 01:48 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your computer down for you. I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on these systems for just this reason. Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? "Richard Urban" wrote: > Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a > screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press > the button the computer will NOT reboot. > > You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon > power outage. > > -- > > > Regards, > > Richard Urban > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User > > Quote from George Ankner: > If you knew as much as you think you know, > You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! > > "Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message > news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... > > nope > > > > Frank wrote: > > > >> Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word > >> open and updates to a document unsaved. > >> Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated > >> work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? > > > > >      |
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09-19-2007, 01:49 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart Humm, "mission critical", AND "Automatic Updates", someone needs to be upgraded. Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:49 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart Humm, "mission critical", AND "Automatic Updates", someone needs to be upgraded. Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:49 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart Humm, "mission critical", AND "Automatic Updates", someone needs to be upgraded. Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:57 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart > To prevent Automatic Updates from restarting a computer while users are logged on, the > administrator can create the NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers registry value in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU. The value is > a DWORD and must be either 0 (false) or 1 (true). If this value is changed while the > computer is in a restart pending state, it will not take effect until the next time an > update requires a restart. > If the systems in question are XP Pro: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html See: 2. Modify Group Policy settings. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:57 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart > To prevent Automatic Updates from restarting a computer while users are logged on, the > administrator can create the NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers registry value in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU. The value is > a DWORD and must be either 0 (false) or 1 (true). If this value is changed while the > computer is in a restart pending state, it will not take effect until the next time an > update requires a restart. > If the systems in question are XP Pro: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html See: 2. Modify Group Policy settings. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:57 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart > To prevent Automatic Updates from restarting a computer while users are logged on, the > administrator can create the NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers registry value in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU. The value is > a DWORD and must be either 0 (false) or 1 (true). If this value is changed while the > computer is in a restart pending state, it will not take effect until the next time an > update requires a restart. > If the systems in question are XP Pro: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html See: 2. Modify Group Policy settings. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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09-19-2007, 01:57 AM
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| Re: Auto Update caused restart > To prevent Automatic Updates from restarting a computer while users are logged on, the > administrator can create the NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers registry value in > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU. The value is > a DWORD and must be either 0 (false) or 1 (true). If this value is changed while the > computer is in a restart pending state, it will not take effect until the next time an > update requires a restart. > If the systems in question are XP Pro: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000294.html See: 2. Modify Group Policy settings. MowGreen [MVP 2003-2007] =============== *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten =============== Sirius Joe wrote: > They DO. I finally caught one of my PCs doing this: > > http://www.gerhardstein.net/pictures...owsmessage.bmp > > I have seen this in 2000 and XP. After an automatic update, this window > pops up and you get 5 minutes to click "Restart Later" or it takes your > computer down for you. > > I have a number of mission-critical computers that this bug took down and > left me standing there the next morning getting asked by my boss "What > happened last night???". I have since moved to Linux instead of Windows on > these systems for just this reason. > > Microsoft, you dofus, FIX THIS BUG! Don't you realize some people use your > OS for something other than playing games and surfing the Internet??? > > "Richard Urban" wrote: > > >>Updates do not automatically reboot the computer. You are presented with a >>screen where you have to press a button "Reboot Now"". If you don't press >>the button the computer will NOT reboot. >> >>You likely had a power failure and the computer bios is set to restart upon >>power outage. >> >>-- >> >> >>Regards, >> >>Richard Urban >>Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User >> >>Quote from George Ankner: >>If you knew as much as you think you know, >>You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! >> >>"Bob I" <birelan******.com> wrote in message >>news:e%23OxuoU6FHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl.. . >> >>>nope >>> >>>Frank wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Help, I was working on a term paper last night. I fell asleep with word >>>>open and updates to a document unsaved. >>>>Overnight my computer "automatically updated and restarted". My updated >>>>work appears to be gone. Is there any way to get it back??? >>> >> >> |
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