I will restart when I'm ready Windows!

[Veylon]

You know, this very thing happened to me less than an hour ago. Starcraft II crashed, and my computer rebooted. I don't know why it did when it was a mere half-hour into a four hour postponement.

 

[Last Bullet]

Funnily enough, this happened to a friend in the middle of L4D2. Somehow, being in the Tunnel of Love made it even funnier. We were talking, beating the crap out of survivors... When suddenly his Charger teleports and begins pretending to smash someone into the ground, despite not actually grabbing anyone. His mic is dead silent. Xfire alerts me he has logged off. We had to actually kick him. He came back about five minutes later, cursing Vista. Good times.

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-automatic-updating-on-or-off

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Was that really that hard? I do it to every new computer that I get. One of the first things I do.

I generally take that restart as a sign from Gord that I probably ought to go to bed seeing as the install occurs at 3 am.

 

[PatrickXD]

Funny, when I entered this thread my software decided it was time to update. Restart time! Luckily, it doesn't restart until I give it the go-ahead. But, maybe that's 'cause I'm on a Macbook. Is your problem just on Windows (note that I'm not saying either system is better than the other, just pointing something out is all)?

Just whacking in a stealthy flame shield there, and no it doesn't happen on mac's to my awareness. Definitely not this very particular problem, because it is windows updating itself, the windows automatic updating service pisses people off.

 

[Valksy]

To me? No. But I did watch a housemate who had sat in a log on queue for WOW on release day for Wrath of the Lich King and just as she was getting to single figures Windows (Vista I believe it was) decided that it had waited quite long enough to restart after collected an update and if the darned silly user didn't know better it would just go right ahead and restart its darned self.

I think that is one of the few times I heard a genuine, anguished "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!" from someone. More than 2 hours wasted and Windows, having announced its intent, could not be stopped.


I get properly pissed when my PC (Windows 7) or my lappie (OSX Snow Leopard version...thingy) try to do something without my express permission. It doesn't happen often.

 

[Jenova65]

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-automatic-updating-on-or-off

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Was that really that hard? I do it to every new computer that I get. One of the first things I do.

I don't know how the OP feels, but I love you for this. My laptop is doing this every day atm, because it keeps failing to install the updates, so it tries every damn morning :/ And I am not that computer literate that I know what to do...................