{"id":115035,"date":"2017-01-31T17:50:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=115035"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:51:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:51:13","slug":"prevent-windows-10-from-restarting-after-installing-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/115035-prevent-windows-10-from-restarting-after-installing-updates","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Windows 10 from restarting after installing updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a way to permanently prevent Windows 10 from automatically rebooting your PC after installing updates, and the full instructions have been published on Winaero<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Windows 10 will reboot your machine after installing certain updates \u2013 shutting down\u00a0everything on restarting.<\/p>\n

To prevent\u00a0this, see the steps below.<\/p>\n

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Disable the \u201creboot\u201d scheduled task<\/h3>\n

Open the Control Panel, navigate to\u00a0System and Security\\Administrative Tools, and then open the Task Scheduler.<\/p>\n

In Task Scheduler, open the\u00a0Microsoft folder in the Task Scheduler Library, then the Windows folder, and find the UpdateOrchestrator folder (Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > UpdateOrchestrator).<\/p>\n

Right click on the \u201cReboot\u201d task and disable it.<\/p>\n

Although this step will prevent Windows from\u00a0rebooting itself\u00a0after updates have been installed, users report it can re-enable this task automatically.<\/p>\n

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Stop Windows from re-enabling automatic rebooting<\/h3>\n

To\u00a0prevent Windows from re-enabling the task, do the following:<\/p>\n