Thread: Windows XP automatically restarts after updates

Setting Windows XP to automatically update itself is an extremely important security measure, as it means new fixes and patches are downloaded as soon as they're available. Annoyingly, though, updating in this way occasionally causes Windows to automatically restart.

It's possible to prevent this, but as it involves editing the Windows Registry we'd recommend it for confident users only. Instructions, which are different for Windows XP Home and XP Pro, can be found at