Comments on: Stop Windows Update from Hijacking the Sleep/Shutdown Button

By: vbt

vbt — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:21:19 +0000

FWIW the option to enable/disable this feature is available in the Group Policy Object Editor (run: gpedit.msc) under Computer Configuration->Administrative Templates->Windows Components->Windows Update. The setting is “Do not display ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option….

By: Spacegold

Spacegold — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:41:30 +0000

What would be really clever is a hack that would let Updates steal the sleep button but then force a restart and resleep when the update installation was complete.

By: jd2066

jd2066 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:09:47 +0000

@tuttle: You can add the value listed in this article to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU and it will apply to all users.

By: J-P

J-P — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:45:21 +0000

@tuttle Right click the .reg and choose run as administrator. UAC will ask for the admin password, then you can run it.

By: tuttle

tuttle — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:41:56 +0000

Apparently this fix must be applied for each user account separately. In Vista, I ran the .reg file when logged in as Administrator. However, a few days later when logged in as a Standard User, I saw that the Sleep button had turned into “Install Updates and Shut Down” button.

But, Standard User cannot run the .reg file. So, how do I apply this fix for the Standard User account?

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:10:51 +0000

You are the man. I