One annoying activity of Windows updates is that users have to restart their system to complete the update process. If not configured properly, Windows will restart at its own scheduled time even without notifying the user. After the restart, sometimes Windows 10 takes a lot of time to update the system. If you are in a hurry and want to restart the system without waiting for the updates to install, Microsoft does not give you any option. In this article, we will discuss the solution to this very problem. After following this article, you will be able to bypass the installation of pending updates on the system shutdown/restart. If you click on the Power icon, you will get something like the above mentioned screenshot. Windows will give you to update and shut down or update and restart. There is no option to shut down or restart without installing the updates. There is a simple trick to bypass this shutdown/restart process. Follow the instructions below to bypass the Windows update installation process on system shutdown/restart.
Disable update on restart option using Group Policy Bypass update on restart/shutdown process using command line
Disable update on restart option using Group Policy
Sometimes the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) is a life saver in these types of situations. There is an option in the Windows Group Policy “Do not display ‘Install Updates and Shut Down’ option in Shut Down Windows dialog box“. Enabling this option will make Install updates and shut down option disappear. The normal Shutdown only option will appear. This is a permanent option. This means that the shutdown and update or restart and update options will not appear in the Shutdown dialog box. To install the update and restart the computer, you will need to go to Settings –> Windows Update and select the install updates and restart from there. The option is located here: Computer Configuration –> Administrative Templates –>Windows Components –> Windows Update.
Bypass update on restart/shutdown process using command line
If you want to bypass the update on restart/shutdown process temporarily, you may do it using command line. Basically we have to stop the Windows update service before restarting or shutting down the PC. We do it like this: This will shutdown the system immediately. If you want to restart the system, give the following command: Go to Run –> shutdown -r -t 0 Or you can run both the commands at the same time like this: net stop wuauserv && shutdown -r -t 0 This command will enable you to shut down or restart your system without installing Windows Updates. If you are still having issues with your Windows Update configuration, feel free to ask in the comments below.
