How to stop Windows 10 Home from automatic restarts

I did run my overnight computations and when I came to my computer, it is restarted :-( I am not sure why, but it is quite possible that it could have been automatic restart due to updates.

How do I stop Windows 10 from automatic restarts?

I have found this setting:

and I did apply it now, but is it enough to block all automatic restarts, even when I am not present at the computer and cannot react to the notification? In the past I noticed that some similar notifications had a countdown timer and if you didn't react, it restarted the computer (quite stupid, but that's how it SW nowadays...).

Tomas

Posted 2016-07-02T09:37:17.587

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Do you have Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Professional installed? – Ramhound – 2016-07-02T09:41:16.833

@Ramhound Windows 10 Home. – Tomas – 2016-07-02T09:43:52.177

Possible duplicate of How to prevent Windows 10 from restarting the computer after installing updates

– fixer1234 – 2018-07-26T20:54:49.043

Not a duplicate - this question is older. It was here before the duplicate even existed. – Tomas – 2018-07-28T17:04:11.250

Age isn't a relevant factor in this case. The other thread has more and better answers. – fixer1234 – 2018-07-28T19:54:49.420

Answers

Yes, this is enough to stop the computer from automatically restarting, after installing updates you will be prompted to manually schedule a restart.

Kodikuu

Posted 2016-07-02T09:37:17.587

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so aren't there any countdown timers in the notification prompt? – Tomas – 2016-07-02T09:44:40.550

As far as I know, no. – Kodikuu – 2016-07-02T09:44:53.130

2If you set Windows to notify you available updates, it works exactly like previous versions of Windows, Windows 10 simply requires you to install them when prompted. Windows 10 Home also requires you to run the current build, and does not let you defer that upgrade, that option is limited to Windows 10 Professional, – Ramhound – 2016-07-02T09:47:56.273

@Ramhound I am confused now. Could you please post a full answer to my question and whether or not this setting is sufficient and won't reboot automatically? – Tomas – 2016-07-02T18:20:36.540

@Tomas - I am not going to duplicate an existing answer. – Ramhound – 2016-07-02T19:13:42.640

@Ramhound you woudln't duplicate this answer. This answer is incomplete for me, as it didn't answer the last paragraph of my question clearly. I have asked Kodikuu to complete it and he didn't respond. Only you responded (thanks) and your comment is not clear to me regarding the last paragraph of my question. – Tomas – 2016-07-04T14:42:47.960

2@Tomas setting notify to schedule a restart is not all you need to do. you can keep deferring updates to a future time, but eventually you won't be able to anymore and windows will force a restart, especially if it's a security update. – the beest – 2016-09-02T17:02:43.503