From: "Glenn Meadows" 

I've got a reg file that contains the whole set of entries for XPHome to be
set to point to an internal SUS/WSUS server, that can be used to block even
retrieving updates if you like.



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Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> Microsoft says 'This behavior in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 is by
> design and is not a bug.' - see link below. I can somewhat understand
> their reasoning on this but there should just be a check box in autoupdate
> to turn reboot off rather than force users to search the web for a
> registry entry.
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU
> and create a DWORD value named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers. Then set it
> to 1
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555646
>
>
> "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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