Computer Rescue

You must restart your computer for the updates to take effect.

How many times have you been in the middle of a project when Windows quietly downloads an update — only to LOUDLY interrupt you every 10 minutes — until you restart your computer for the update to take affect? This quick fix allows you to manually set the time before Windows politely "reminds" you to restart your computer — until you have a natural break in what you are doing. It only applies to Windows XP Professional and should only be used to buy a little time to finish the task at hand. This advise is just that.. Advise. Use it at your own risk. A reboot is required for this change to take affect.

1. Click Start
2. Click Run
3. Type "gpedit.msc" (without the quotes) then hit OK
4. Then, navigate through the following menus: Local Computer Policy>>Computer Configuration>>Administrative Templates>>Windows Components>>Windows Update>>Re-prompt for restart with scheduled installations
5. Where it says "Wait the following period before prompting again with a scheduled restart (minutes) — change the value to something like 240 or 480 (which will prompt you every 4 or 8 hours).
6. Click apply
7. Click OK
8. *Restart computer for changes to take affect.

*You can force the changes to take affect immediately, by clicking Start>Run>gpupdate.exe /force >hit enter.