Want to Disable Automatic Reboot After Downloading Updates

[JohnBates]

hi all,

Have a new server - 2000 Server SP4.

I do want updates to automatically download. but I don't want it to perform the reboot at 3am, which seems to be the default.

How can i turn off the auto. reboot?

We have nightly jobs running - I will do a manual reboot later.

Thanks, John

 

[lefthooked]

Start
Control Panel
Automatic Updates
Second option "Download updates but let choose when to install them"

Thats the way I use it on my Servers and then I just VNC into them on Saturday night to reboot if needed.

 

[itsp1965]

If your server is not being managed by group policy, what you can do is run the group policy editor locally (gpedit.msc) from there open Computer Configuration-->Administrative Templates right click on Administrative templates and click add-->select WUAU.ADM. This will add Windows update to your templates. Open Windows Updates and modify the "No auto-restart for schedule Automatic Updates installations" policy