Dreams of Mayhem

[theoldwolf]

<Rant>



First off, yeah there's a workaround. I know how to shut this off. Most people, however, do not. And if I could cast a vote for the most annoying nag ever invented, it would be this one. Which just popped up again as I was typing this:



By Mogg's golden eyes, how hard would it have been to add one little button?



I have these dreams. A darkened interrogation room, a programmer tied to a chair. A cattle prod.



"Restart this!" zzt! Aieee! "And this!" zzt! Aieee! "And this!" zzt! Aieee!

Such a pleasant fantasy...

</Rant>

Oh yeah, and the workaround? Open a command window (Start Menu > Run). Type cmd and click "OK". In the command window, type sc stop wuauserv. Automatic Updates will resume the next time you restart your computer (when you want to). So don't worry, you'll keep getting Windows updates. Just don't forget to restart eventually.

Comments

[deckardcanine.livejournal.com]

Eh, this is but a minor annoyance to me. Restarting doesn't take long. But I guess being a "feature" makes it worse.

Mind you, the last two days have seen my work PC doubly plagued. My buddy in IT spent more than half of yesterday removing obstinate malware (I don't remember disabling Symantec lately), but there's still a problem: When I do a Google search, whether in Firefox or in IE, the first 1-3 links I click from the results page get redirected to one of various job search sites. I can work around it, but it's far more inconvenient than restart prompts.

[ccdesan.livejournal.com]

It's like food - each has his own "hot buttons"...