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rlienadm
Copper Contributor
Jun 15, 2022

windows 10 update ring notifications

Hello, I am trying to ensure users have a pop-up notification hours before windows reboots.  In older update rings I see that there was two different types of notifications allowed to be set, perman...
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Jannik_Reinhard
Iron Contributor
Jun 16, 2022

As far as I know you can not set the time when the pop up with the reboot reminder comes. There is only the generic message that a reboot is pending and you can schedule it or after a certain time the more aggressive pop up that you have to boot now. I wrote a https://jannikreinhard.com/2022/05/29/delay-windows-update-pending-reboot-with-toast-notification/ about how you can regularly remind users to boot now. If you want I can see if I can find a way to display here the time when the latest must be booted and also make this configurable when the message comes.

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rlienadm
Copper Contributor
Jun 16, 2022
So there is no method of setting this with Intune policies?
Is it correct that this is no longer part of the windows 10 update ring?
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    Jannik_Reinhard
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 16, 2022

    rlienadm The only settings you have regarding reboot messages are the following. If you activate this setting the user get a pop up that he has to reboot the device.

    In case you want to have a custom message where you can define the time then this message pops up or that this message is shown permanently you have to build custom messages using endpoint analytics.

     

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      rlienadm
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 16, 2022
      That is the one I used, but the only message I seen was the icon in the notification area, there was no pop-up or toast message???
      When I look under advanced in windows update the "notify me when restart is required to finish updates" is not enabled either.
      I didn't see a message within the 1 hour window before the system restarted. Note I did not watch the computer the whole time.
      Any idea what I might be missing?
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        Jannik_Reinhard
        Iron Contributor
        Jun 17, 2022

        rlienadm

        There are some CSP for this. I think with this CSPs you can configure everything what you need:

        https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/policy-csp-update#update-autorestartnotificationschedule

         

        -Allows the IT Admin to specify the period for autorestart reminder notifications.

        Supported values are 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 (minutes).

        - Allows the IT Admin to specify the method by which the autorestart required notification is dismissed.

         

        But you can do this also via reg keys:


        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings]
        "RestartNotificationsAllowed2“
        or
        [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate]
        "SetAutoRestartNotificationDisable"

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