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Computer restarts automatically overnight after auto updates received

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by plsalk, 2008/12/19.

  1. 2008/12/19
    plsalk

    plsalk Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have returned to my computer in the morning on three occasions over the last couple of months to find that it has restarted by itself overnight. On each occasion I had noticed a yellow shield in the system tray during the previous day informing me that an updates were being automatically downloaded. I never saw a screen that informed me that I needed to restart the computer in order for the updates to take effect, and the yellow shield went away by itself before I had finished for the day. I checked the event log today and didn't find any "1075" events overnight (though perhaps there is something else I should have been looking for). What could be causing these automatic restarts? Are the auto updates triggering them?
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Welcome to WindowsBBS

    It is possible that Automatic Updates are rebooting your computer in cases where the patches require a reboot. I cannot confirm this as I would never use Automatic Updates, but rather Notify - I want to see what is on offer first and maybe pause awhile to see if any of the patches cause problems. If they do there is certain to be a thread started here.

    FYI the 'out of band' patch for IE this week required a restart and so did others on Patch Tuesday Dec 9.

    One other possibility you should consider - if the computer suffers a system failure and the default setting to restart on system failure is enabled then it will restart. To eliminate this from your line of enquiry ....

     
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  4. 2008/12/20
    plsalk

    plsalk Inactive Thread Starter

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    Thanks!

    Thanks for the helpful reply. I hadn't realized that automatic updates would automatically restart the computer, but indeed that is what it says under "How does Automatic Updates work" in Control Panel > System > Automatic Updates. Pretty insidious setting, risking loss of unsaved data with an unanticipated restart! I don't think it's a good option for Microsoft to label "Recommended" . . . I've reset the option to allow me to choose when to install the downloaded updates. Thanks again.
     
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    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    Glad to be of help :)

    I would recommend disabling the automatic restart on system failure too as this is helpful in trouble shooting and gives you notice that a system failure has occurred.
     
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    plsalk

    plsalk Inactive Thread Starter

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    Done. Thanks!
     
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