How to get the status of 'need to be restarted' of Windows 7?

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I need to get the status of the below restart-wanted icon as in the snapshot from command-line; so that I can make Windows 7 keep restarted until no such restart requirement still exists.

How can I do that?

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Nam G VU

Posted 2014-03-10T13:07:14.857

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Answers

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Try the following.

Option 1

  1. Type regedit in Dialog Box(press enter image description here + R) or Start Menu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.
  2. go to following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.
  3. Create a new key under Windows key and set its name to WindowsUpdate.
  4. Create another new key under WindowsUpdate key and set its name to AU.
  5. So the final key path would be: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU.
  6. Now select AU key and in right-side pane create a new DWORD named NoAUAsDefaultShutdownOption and set its value to 0.

Option 2

  1. Open the Group Police Editor, press ( + R) and type gpedit.msc, hit Enter.
  2. Navigate to: Computer Configuration - Adminstrative Templates - Components of Windows - Windows Update.
  3. Disable the first option, Do not display Install Updates and Shutdown option......
  4. Look the image bellow. enter image description here

stderr

Posted 2014-03-10T13:07:14.857

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Thank you! Though I want to read the status not to remove it. – Nam G VU – 2014-03-10T14:36:52.047

@NamG.VU What is said in this response is the reverse process of what is written here.

– stderr – 2014-03-10T14:52:20.337

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