Do i have to restart during the update process?

[RichiS]

Hello,

when i update my Windows 7 Computer with WSUS-OFFLINE sometimes Windows asks me to restart the computer.

Do i have to restart it? Or does the WSUS Updatder continue until all updates are installed?

Thank you very much. Great Tool:-)

[aker]

No; please ignore all reboot messages from Windows. wsusou auto-reboots (if selected) the computer/wait for wsusou to tell you, when to reboot.

[boco]

WSUSOU stops the Windows Update service in order to prevent such messages. However, often it gets turned back on by Windows or other WU checkers (Like Windows Update Notifier).

To completely prevent the messages WSUSOU would have to set the service to Disabled after stopping it. That would require a Startup task that turns it back on after reboot.

[aker]

I'd suggest to use this reg-file to prevent auto-rebooting caused by WUA:

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REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers=dword:00000001



[boco]

Agreed, but that won't stop it from asking. Besides, there's a more serious problem with WU that I personally witnessed more than one time. Imagine the following chain of events:
1. WSUSOU Installer starts.
2. WU Service gets stopped by WU.
3. Installing updates by WSUSOU starts.
4. Windows (or third-party process) turns WU service back on while WSUSOU is still running.
5. WU decides to silently install an update (it does that for Defender signatures or for any updates that do not require a reboot, if the Group Policy is set).
6. At least one update, or even multiple in a row, will not get installed (They fail with the most stupid WU error I've seen to this day: "Windows Update is currently busy installing other Updates, try later".).
7. You have to re-run WSUSOU just because of that shenanigans.