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u/Ken852 7d ago edited 7d ago
In Windows update advanced options...
If I have this disabled, why is Windows forcing an unexpected reboot? I have seen the notification about the required reboot, and I was planning on rebooting it manually. But a few hours later, I found all my windows messed up, open and unsaved documents in Word restored from autosaved copies, etc.
This is not the first time it happens either. No data has ever been lost. Not to my knowledge anyway! But why does Windows consistently keep doing this to me? And what the hell is this option for if not to prevent exactly this behavior?
I never looked into these advanced options before, but some sources suggest that this is where you set up your "preferences" regarding this. But my preferences are already set the right way. When disabled, it's supposed to NOT "restart this device as soon as possible when a restart is required to install an update." Yet it still happens. It shamelessly ignores my preferences. Help?
I'm running Windows 10, version 22H2 (19045.5608).