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How to turn off automatic restart in Windows 11?
I frequently have long running tasks that can take days or even weeks running on my Windows 11 Home PC. Because of this, it should not restart without asking me first. My solution is to disable t...
You can use Registry Editor:
Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
If the AU key doesn't exist, you may need to create it.
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers if it doesn't already exist.
Set its value to 1.
Press Win + R to open the Run dialog.
Type regedit and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
If the AU key doesn't exist, you may need to create it.
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers if it doesn't already exist.
Set its value to 1.
This doesn't work. My laptop rebooted last night and I already have this set.
I tried your suggestion but there was no windows update.
Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
Help please? I need the pc to stop restarting
