Windows XP is becoming like a small child!

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:43 pm

With automatic updates turned on, I occasionally get a box coming up telling me the system got updated and must restart. Restart now or restart later? The box has about a 60 second timer on it and will restart automatically if you don't click anything.

It's like a kid in the back seat of the car on a road trip.... Are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet?

Now if I want to walk away from the computer for a few minutes, I have to save all my documents and close everything just in case it reboots. :banghead:

Wu · Post by Wu » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:49 pm

yeah I hate that too

that's why I never use automatic updates anymore

Key-J · Post by **Key-J** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:05 pm

Well, by early 2008. XP is gna be obsolete. Microsoft shall stop producing it

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:05 pm

Company laptop, but maybe I should go in and change the settings anyway.

Skitsefrenik · Post by **Skitsefrenik** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:11 pm

Key-J wrote:Well, by early 2008. XP is gna be obsolete. Microsoft shall stop producing it

By early 2008, Vista will still suck.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:17 pm

mmm. i hate that update box.

DarkJackal · Post by **DarkJackal** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:25 pm

Skitsefrenik wrote:
Key-J wrote:Well, by early 2008. XP is gna be obsolete. Microsoft shall stop producing it

By early 2008, Vista will still suck.

lol.

I sometimes found my self on the login screen after being afk for a while or when I wake up from that lol, so annoying.

StaticX · Post by **StaticX** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:35 pm

DarkJackal wrote:
Skitsefrenik wrote:
Key-J wrote:Well, by early 2008. XP is gna be obsolete. Microsoft shall stop producing it

By early 2008, Vista will still suck.

lol.

I sometimes found my self on the login screen after being afk for a while or when I wake up from that lol, so annoying.

Yes, Me too...and that update shit happened to me last night. I'm pissed...I can't get in the game now!!!!!!!!!!

PsYch008 · Post by **PsYch008** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:50 pm

thats funny, that is happening to me right now :-P

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:00 pm

You could stop that dialog from coming up (until you manually restart) by going to start -> run... and typing the following.

net stop wuauserv

and hitting enter. This turns off the Automatic Updates service. Since the service is configured to turn on automatically (assuming you use automatic updates) it will turn back on automatically when you reboot manually.

I should have thought of that before I posted this thread, but the dialog is still a pain if you're not expecting it.

edit: type net start wuauserv if you want to turn it back on.

Edit 2: There's a discussion about this at http://asymptomatic.net/2005/08/11/831/how-to-disable-that-blasted-restart-now-message-from-windows-update

Interestingly enough, there's a group policy setting that will disable that dialog completely. I configured my system just now for this so we'll see how good it works. In the link above, scroll down and take a look at Colin Findlay's post about gpedit.msc

I just keep finding more stuff! When you make a change in Group Policy, it requires a reboot to take effect. However, if you are running XP Pro, you can go to start -> run and type the command

gpupdate.exe /force

and hit enter to force an update to group policy without a reboot. This doesn't work in XP Home however.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:47 pm

By 2008 when XPs are gone, everybody will move to macs thats how much vista sucks

Locketart · Post by **Locketart** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:49 pm

I hope to be using Vista by the end of this year with DX10 games like Crysis that will come out. I never tried Vista and I generally don't listen to other people's reviews of it or anything else like video games for that matter.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:51 pm

Locketart wrote:I hope to be using Vista by the end of this year with DX10 games like Crysis that will come out. I never tried Vista and I generally don't listen to other people's reviews of it or anything else like video games for that matter.

Everything that doesnt have the "Vistas Certified" logo on it, WONT WORK WITH VISTA.

Homo Vista.

One day I will be Bill Gate's Successor.

Skitsefrenik · Post by **Skitsefrenik** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:22 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:By 2008 when XPs are gone, everybody will move to macs thats how much vista sucks

Cus Macs don't have their share of problems...

Anh_Hung_Rom · Post by **Anh_Hung_Rom** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:01 pm

PsYch008 wrote:thats funny, that is happening to me right now

Ditto.

Zypher · Post by **Zypher** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:18 pm

i hate that

cause its spose to ask me if i want them or not, but lately it hasnt done that

it just pops up and says restart.

probably because i un installed the new IE and went back to 6

shadowman20875 · Post by **shadowman20875** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:38 pm

Just turn it off and check manually every now and then.

CrimsonNuker · Post by **CrimsonNuker** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:52 pm

Hey you guys know that uber repetitive song "THIS IS WHY IM HOT?"

welll

"THIS IS WHY VISTA SUCKS, THIS IS WHY VISTA SUCKS, THIS IS WHY THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY VISTA SUCKS, XP OWNS AND VISTA SUCKS, THIS IS WHY VISTA SUCKS, THIS IS WHY VISTA SICKS, THIS IS WHY, THIS IS WHY!"

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:31 am

CrimsonNuker wrote:
Locketart wrote:I hope to be using Vista by the end of this year with DX10 games like Crysis that will come out. I never tried Vista and I generally don't listen to other people's reviews of it or anything else like video games for that matter.

Everything that doesnt have the "Vistas Certified" logo on it, WONT WORK WITH VISTA.

Homo Vista.

One day I will be Bill Gate's Successor.

Not true. You can't just make a blanket statement like that. I ran SRO several times in Vista when I had Vista RC1 installed. I'm sure it could still be made to work now that Vista is actually released.

Maybe non-certified software won't work out of the box, but a lot of it could still be made to work. Microsoft would be shutting out a LOT of customers if they made ALL non-vista-certified software not work.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:33 am

it always reboots when im downloading stuuf, like the worst timing ever.

chesticles · Post by **chesticles** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:34 am

yea i hate that too but its better then having vista haha xP

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:34 am

CrimsonNuker wrote:By 2008 when XPs are gone, everybody will move to macs thats how much vista sucks

Or Linux, or Solaris, or BSD... Mac isn't the only other viable platform out there. It's also the most expensive alternative.

Priam · Post by **Priam** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:34 am

chesticles wrote:yea i hate that too but its better then having vista haha xP

yer i had vista, got rid of it on day two.

rek · Post by **rek** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:47 am

thast no reason to bag xp, turn it off.

MonstaH · Post by **MonstaH** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:10 am

My XP is set up properly and it runs for a week and more if I want it to o_o

Sharp324 · Post by **Sharp324** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:35 am

Well lets hope by early 2008 that Vista improves.

RuYi · Post by **RuYi** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:57 am

I really don't mind that XP updates itself. If I had to instal the updates myself... I just wouldn't do it lol.

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:37 pm

At least there is the option to disable the nag box but still let auto updates work. Automatic Updates will install the updates then just silently wait until you decide to reboot sometime later. If you don't want to mess with policy (or can't) you can at least stop the service until you reboot.

chickenfeather · Post by **chickenfeather** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:57 pm

If you go to control panel and click on Security Center, you can manage the settings of your automatic updates. If you don't have the setting on Automatic, then your system shouldn't automatically reboot.

PR0METHEUS · Post by **PR0METHEUS** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 1:06 pm

chickenfeather wrote:If you go to control panel and click on Security Center, you can manage the settings of your automatic updates. If you don't have the setting on Automatic, then your system shouldn't automatically reboot.

But it's good to have automatic updates on AND not have it force a reboot. You can have both