Restart to get Latest Windows Updates
Tip For: Windows XP Professional
We’ve all agonised over this situation. “Updating your computer is almost complete,” it reads, “You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect. Do you want to restart now?”
You may be in the middle of a Word Document, ten tabs in Firefox or something else that’s very important. If you select Restart Later, you’ll get a bubble popping up every ten minutes, asking you to do a reset.
Fortunately, there is a solution that will delay this annoyance. Head to Start > Run. Type “gpedit.msc” and press OK. In Local Computer Policy, head to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations. Select Enabled and choose how long you would like the messages to interfere (in minutes). Select Apply, then OK, and you’re done!
Please note that it is important to restart your computer for the security updates to work, but it doesn’t need to be done in such a short space of time. Group Policy is an excellent ‘hidden’ feature of Windows XP Pro (not included with XP Home edition) that allows you to customise the intricate details of your computer.
[via Colin]
