There's a reason I have mine set to *ask* if I want to download the updates, then ask if I want to apply them. And why I do "custom" so I can approve them individually (and more importantly have a window where I can watch them progressing)
Alas, even with that, once you click the "go" button, sufficiently critical updates *will* not merely say that you need to restart, but nag you about it. And if you don't click the "wait" after the nag comes up, after a certain period, the restart is done *for* you. Likewise (as I learned the hard way once) after something like 24 hours, it'll do the restart *anyway*.
I'm just waiting for the day that happens to a truly critical box somewhere and somebody with lots of money goes after MS in the courts.
Because I don't care *how* critical* the update is, having the computer restarted without your permission is a good way to really futz things up.
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Date: 15 Dec 2010 22:34 (UTC)Alas, even with that, once you click the "go" button, sufficiently critical updates *will* not merely say that you need to restart, but nag you about it. And if you don't click the "wait" after the nag comes up, after a certain period, the restart is done *for* you. Likewise (as I learned the hard way once) after something like 24 hours, it'll do the restart *anyway*.
I'm just waiting for the day that happens to a truly critical box somewhere and somebody with lots of money goes after MS in the courts.
Because I don't care *how* critical* the update is, having the computer restarted without your permission is a good way to really futz things up.