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Windows 8 gets automatic updates, enforced restarts after 72 hours

#1 keyboardNinja

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 12:37 PM

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Windows 8 is renaming the second week of every month. After "Patch Tuesday" comes "Gentle reminder Wednesday," "Polite yet firm suggestion Thursday" and "Automatic restart Friday". In order to keep everyone's system secure, Windows Update will download patches in the background before adding a notification on your lock screen that you're due a restart. If you haven't managed it within 72 hours, you'll be given a 15 minute warning to save your work and close up before it forces the shutdown

Full article here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/15/windows-8-gets-automatic-updates-enforced-restarts-after-72-hou/

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 01:23 PM

A couple of things Engadget didn't report:

1. This can be disabled
2. If enabled, and you haven't restarted within 78hours, it will only happen once a month. Any updates released out-of-cycle will wait until the that Thursday (unless it's a critical issue).

The MSDN article can be found here.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 02:39 PM

Ah, thanks for the clarification, Casey.

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Posted 16 November 2011 - 08:44 PM

Im glad it can be disabled, if it was a forced issue, it would be a definite no buy for me.

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Posted 17 November 2011 - 12:27 AM

In the end, a PC gamer like me will still be using my beloved Windows 7 :heart:

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