How prevent Windows Vista, 7 & 8 from automatically restarting after update

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• On April 17, 2015
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Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 users

1. Click the Start button or press the Windows Key and type gpedit.msc in the search text field and press Enter.
2. In the Local Group Policy Editor window, navigate to the following location:
   Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates> Windows Components > Windows Update.
3. Double-click on No auto-restart with logged on users for scheduled automatic updates installations option.
4. In the windows that opens, select the circle next to Enabled in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
5. Click Apply, then OK.

Tip: To turn the automatic restart back on, follow the same steps, but select the Disabled option in Step 4.

Windows XP users

1. Click the Start button, then Run.
2. In the field that appears, type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
3. Navigate to the following Registry key:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
4. Find NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers and change the DWord value to a 1. This will disable the automatic restart after update.

Tip: To turn the automatic restart back on, follow the same steps, but change the DWord value to a 0 in Step 4.