Windows 10 notify before update restart

Notify to schedule restart only works on Pro, not Home. Again, MS bastards and bitches.

Alternative is to disable auto-reboot in task scheduler (http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-permanently-stop-windows-10-reboots-after-installing-updates/)

 

  • In Task Scheduler, open the following folder Task Scheduler Library \ Microsoft \ Windows \ UpdateOrchestrator.

  • There you will see a task called “Reboot”. Disable it using the appropriate command in the right click menu:

 

Otherwise, if Pro maybe the following will work.

Search for Windows Update Settings

Select Restart Options

Select Advanced Options

 

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-change-windows-update-settings-2625778

Notify to schedule restart: Choose this option to automatically download updates of all kind, security, and non-security. Updates that don’t require a restart will install right away but ones that do won’t restart your computer without your permission.

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Defer upgrades: Checking this lets you wait several months or more before major non-security updates will automatically install, like the ones that introduce new features to Windows 10. Defer upgrades does not impact security related patches and is not available in Windows 10 Home.

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Choose how updates are delivered: These options allow you to enable or disable the downloading, as well as the uploading, of Windows Update related files around your local network or even the entire internet. Participating in the Updates from more than one place program helps speed up the Windows Update process in Windows 10.

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