Can automatic rebooting be disabled on Windows 11 Home? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works to c/windows11@lemmy.world

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There appears to be no straightforward way to permanently stop Windows 11 Home from rebooting on its own after installing updates. I looked for workarounds but so far I have only found a script that has to run on a schedule to block the reboot by changing "working hours". (Link.)

Is that really the best that is possible?

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[-] Ptsf@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

•	Run regedit to open Registry Editor.
•	Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU.
•	If the keys don’t exist, create them.
•	Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers and set its value to 1.

(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-restart)

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