From: "Glenn Meadows" 

XPPro via GPEdit, does allow you to configure autorestart if user logged on
to yes, no, and also to set the prompt time through another policy.

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Glenn M.
"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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>I tried it on one of mine, it asks then if no reply, the computer  will
>automatically restart after so many minutes. As described in the kb article
>Rich G posted. Of course the article won't do much good for XP Home as Home
>doesn't have GPedit.msc . I expect Pro would also restart.
>
> From the KB article
>
> After a typical successful Windows update installation process, the user
> might be prompted to restart the computer for the updates to take effect.
> This prompt appears after every 10 minutes by default if the machine is
> not restarted by the user. In the absence of user intervention, the
> computer is automatically restarted by Automatic updates and this can
> cause loss of unsaved user data.
>
> I find the use of the word might to be interesting. Sounds like they might
> not prompt you under some conditions.
>
> I found it interesting that when I turned on automatic updates there was
> nothing telling me that it could automatically restart the PC. There is a
> sentence in a couple of spots in  the help file for automatic updates."If
> you need to restart your computer for an update to take effect, Windows
> will notify you and will restart your computer at the scheduled time." and
> "If you are an administrator for your computer, you can delay the restart;
> otherwise, Windows warns you and then restarts your computer for you"
> wonder how many people read that ?
>
> Excellent reason not to use automatic updates
>
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
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>> Well, my system asks me (see the attached image).
>>
>>
>> Antti Kurenniemi
>>
>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>> "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote in message
>>> news:45819367$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>>> Yeah. Wonder when he'll learn to shut off the automatic updates?
>>>
>>> He did learn, just didn't set it on all his machines. But the real
>>> question
>>> is when will microsoft learn, I mean yes they are following in IBM's
>>> footprints but even IBM tech support asks if you can reboot before
>>> leading
>>> you down some possible cure path...
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>>
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