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I don't like rebooting my laptop. I'll often times have 15 Firefox
windows open (not including tabs), several Notepad windows open (some
of which whose contents won't be saved), etc. When I need to turn it
off, I instead put it in Hibernate.

Unfortunately, sometimes, Windows autoupdate will autodownload an
update and, unless I tell hit the "No" button every five or so minutes
(which is something I can't do if I've left my laptop on while I'm in
the shower, as an example), will have my laptop rebooted,
automatically. This is a behavior I really don't like. If a window
popped up telling me that the autoupdate was complete, I could have
time to save my Notepad documents and to finish up what I was doing in
Firefox. It could even say something like "Click OK to reboot" and not
have a Cancel button. Either way, I could finish up what I was doing.
Unfortunately, these options are not accorded me.

So... anyone know if it's possible to make Windows XP do this?

"yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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>I don't like rebooting my laptop. I'll often times have 15 Firefox
> windows open (not including tabs), several Notepad windows open
> (some
> of which whose contents won't be saved), etc. When I need to turn
> it
> off, I instead put it in Hibernate.
>
> Unfortunately, sometimes, Windows autoupdate will autodownload an
> update and, unless I tell hit the "No" button every five or so
> minutes
> (which is something I can't do if I've left my laptop on while I'm
> in
> the shower, as an example), will have my laptop rebooted,
> automatically. This is a behavior I really don't like. If a window
> popped up telling me that the autoupdate was complete, I could have
> time to save my Notepad documents and to finish up what I was doing
> in
> Firefox. It could even say something like "Click OK to reboot" and
> not
> have a Cancel button. Either way, I could finish up what I was
> doing.
> Unfortunately, these options are not accorded me.
>
> So... anyone know if it's possible to make Windows XP do this?
>

Start > Right click My Computer and select Properties, and then the
Automatic Update tab. 'Download updates for me, but let me choose
when to install them'...

Boscoe Pertwee wrote:
> "yawnmoth" <> wrote in message
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> <snip>
>
> Start > Right click My Computer and select Properties, and then the
> Automatic Update tab. 'Download updates for me, but let me choose
> when to install them'...

Hadn't noticed that tab before - thanks!