A Very Annoying New Windows Update Message/"Feature"

[BIF]

This message shows up on my Windows 8 RTM folding machine today. I only found it because I explicitly invoked Windows Update to see if there was anything new waiting for my action.

Restart your PC to finish installing updates
Your PC will automatically restart in 2 days if you don't restart now

Users in corporate MDI-managed environments can get this message for critical patches. I understand that, and I support it.

But THIS is the first I've seen it on any of my personal machines!

Whether it is caused by Windows 8 or by Windows Update, I'd sort of like to have a LESS ANNOYING choice.

I'm running folding right now, so when one or more of my folding machines auto-reboots someday when I'm not looking, they'll sit at the Windows password prompt all day/week/month waiting for my input. So then one day [sarcasm]next March[/sarcasm], I'll see my folding machines all waiting for passwords, and then there will be a million new updates to get and I'll have to do it all over again.

And Alzheimer's disease will continue to ravage humankind.

So, I ask Microsoft (figuratively speaking):

WTF?

Thanks for letting me vent!

[just brew it!]

We know what is best for you. Resistance is futile.

[BIF]

ROFL

With that, I'm going to go have a Smithwick's. See that? Microsoft drives people to drinking!

[Captain Ned]

We know what is best for you. Resistance is futile.

We control the horizontal; we control the vertical.

[drsauced]

Do not attempt to adjust your drinking habits.

[Ryu Connor]

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011 ... pdate.aspx

As usual the situation is more complex and there are options a-hoy.

[mikehodges2]

Turn off auto-update..?

[Jigar]

Turn off auto-update..?

Plus disable the firewall and uninstall the Antivirus

[Arvald]

So then one day [sarcasm]next March[/sarcasm], I'll see my folding machines all waiting for passwords, and then there will be a million new updates to get and I'll have to do it all over again.

Sitting at the login prompt the machines should be getting updates in the background and rebooting 2 days later.

The forced reboot is annoying but don't kid yourself, at least they are giving a message now rather than just doing it... there have been many Wednesdays I come home from work (post patch Tuesday updates) and find my machine rebooted from updates.

[lilbuddhaman]

Add a startup script for your folding setup?

[Usacomp2k3]

Set them up as services and then you don't need to log in.