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Can automatic rebooting be disabled on Windows 11 Home? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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There appears to be no straightforward way to permanently stop Windows 11 Home from rebooting on its own after installing updates. I looked for workarounds but so far I have only found a script that has to run on a schedule to block the reboot by changing "working hours". (Link.)

Is that really the best that is possible?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

This works for windows servers and it's fucking stupid

Open notepad. Make a change in the notepad window and don't save the change.

For some dumbass reason, likely burried deep on legacy code, the notepad save prompt halts the shutdown process.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I love this. Amazing. Imagine a mission critical server with an edited txt file just saying "DO NOT SAVE AND/OR EXIT!"

[-] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Or a proper gpo/registry modification as detailed: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-restart 🤷‍♂️

[-] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I've heard so many horror stories about values getting reset by updates that I don't trust it. That is to say, if my boss or coworkers told me this was what was required to keep the critical server from actually restarting then I wouldn't test it.

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