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I got a "It's almost time to restart" message. How can I avoid the restart?

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Windows automatic updates are supposed to be disabled:

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I use Windows 10 "Pro".

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  • Even though your organization disabled automatic updates (from Microsoft) they can still push updates to your PC that will require restart based on their deployment schedule.
    – squillman
    Sep 14, 2022 at 21:21
  • This and this seems relevant.
    – Ramhound
    Sep 14, 2022 at 23:15
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    Contrary to what is usually stated (including in the links you provided in your comment), MS allows to prevent automatic updates to reboot as long as a user is logged on. See this answer. As you use the "pro" flavor, you can activate the relevant group policy (NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers).
    – mins
    Sep 16, 2022 at 12:14

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After that message? There is no way to avoid this restart. The update has been installed and now you must restart. There is no other option.

You get options as to exactly when to restart, but at this point you must.

If you wish to be proactive, you can check for updates and if there are updates to do, postpone the updates for a few days and do them when convenient.

If your machine is on a domain, ask your IT department about this.

If your machine is an individual machine, updates will happen. Yesterday was monthly Patch Tuesday.

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  • Your screen shot show "Wait an hour" Another thing I see sometimes is "Pick a time" Look for that. Windows 11 however and I cannot recall about Windows 10 at this point.
    – John
    Sep 15, 2022 at 23:59
  • "If your machine is an individual machine, updates will happen": No, you can activate the relevant group policy, NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers, to prevent forced reboot as long as a user is logged on. There is no time limit. If group policies are not available, there are equivalent registry settings. In the case of the OP, W10 Pro, policies are indeed available.
    – mins
    Sep 16, 2022 at 12:27
  • There were some provisos in the article you posted. (a) Restart must occur for the updates to take affect; (b) other app updates cannot be processed in this state; (c) I think (not certain) that you would have to activate this policy prior to updates getting in this state.
    – John
    Sep 16, 2022 at 12:27
  • @John: Just try it instead of challenging it a priori, you'll be convinced.
    – mins
    Sep 16, 2022 at 12:32

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