This way you control when the updates are installed and will know when a reboot is likely to be needed. Any attempt by Windows Update to reboot the computer will then be blocked while Don’t Sleep is running in the tray.īecause Windows will reboot itself without your say so if you have your Windows Update settings configured to fully Automatic, an obvious way around is to turn off automatic updates and set it to notify you first.
You can also put it on a timer and stop reboots for xx amount of minutes or hours. It will then prevent any type of sleep, hibernate, shutdown, restart, log off and optionally stop the screensaver or monitor off function kicking in. All have you to do is start the tiny portable Don’t Sleep program and click “To-Tray” in the top right. One tool that can do this and more is Don’t Sleep. In addition to stopping Windows Update rebooting the computer, a tool could also stop Windows shutting down if another program has a shutdown on completion option accidentally set or the system is set to hibernate or sleep and you don’t want it to.
If you’re someone who doesn’t like to play with important Windows functions or the system registry, something you could use as a substitute is a simple tool that will forcefully stop Windows from rebooting.
