Windows10 auto restarts my computer and I lost data while working

Question

I use Windows for about 21 years and never encountered such a behavior.

A few days ago I formatted my PC and reinstalled Win10. I get automatic updates as I wished but instead of waiting for me to restart or shut down my computer once a while, Win10 now seem to decide for me when to restart after update.

It gave me several notifications in the last days, and each time I clicked "Try later" but now suddenly it restarted without asking my permission while I was on a work and lost data.

Maybe I clicked enter while typing in the second it poped up and it wasn't automatic but that's unlikely and outrageous anyway as it shouldn't be clicked so easily.

Given I didn't find a way to disable automatic restarts (Microsoft forces you to use "Comfortable hours" for resetting your PC, and given I didn't find any option to disable all automatic updates in Win10, I ask for any informal tweak how to disable these.

Answer 1

Quick and dirty methode, Disable the windows update Service. this way it wont even search for updates.

Downside would be that your system would be outdated. so i would suggest turning the service on again when you have the time to updates, because no matter how annoying the update process is, the updates ARE important.

Answer 2

Try this

1. Go to Windows 10, download page www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

2. Download "Media Creation Tool" - it is the second download option

3. Run tool: It will reinstall Windows 10. Follow the download instructions Be patient with the download. It takes a while like when you first uodated to Windows 10. If it freezes during update, try again. This reinstall will not kill your Apps or Folders, but if you get a question make certain you select save Apps and Folders. I can't remember exactly if the option pops up.

4. After reinstall, auto-boots should stop....Really.

5. Note that the System Restore function will be disabled after the re-installation. You can enable it if you like, by going to System Restore- Configure-Select System Protection. Might also be a good idea to set a Restore point at this time.

Answer 3

Updates are supposed to be "scheduled" when the PC is idle for X minutes.

It seems this is causing issues for you, since you don't have auto-save enabled every, say, 5 minutes in your program, so enable auto save if possible.

You have three options to cope with this:

Option1:

• change Scheduler >find "Scheduled Tasks"> Microsoft>Windows Updates> change options to disable auto updates to notify.

Option2:

• Find Windows Updates> configure as above. if not working ...

  • Press Windows+R, type gpedit.msc, press Enter.  This brings up the Local Group Policy Editor.
• Navigate the left pane as if it were File Explorer, to Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update.
• Find and double-click Configure Automatic Updates
• configure as above

Option3:

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