I’m running Windows 11 on my HP laptop. I have gone into Settings and disabled everything I can find to prevent automatic updates, automatic reboots, and automatic shutdowns. Nonetheless. every 5-10 days, my Windows 11 laptop auto-shuts down. I’m guessing that is is part of some sort of forced security update procedure.

Whatever this is due to, it is totally and completely unacceptable to me.

I need the machine to be up 24×7, because I ssh into it remotely at various random and unpredictable times, and that of course is prevented when the machine is rebooting or shut down.

Is there any way for me to totally prevent these automatic reboots and shutdowns?

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I understand that automatic security updates are meant for my “protection”. However, I have been working in IT and computer security for decades, and I know much, much better how to protect my own machine than some generic software developed at Microsoft that is meant for millions of non-technical, non-IT-aware people to use.

What Microsoft *SHOULD* do is give us the *option* (i.e., only if we select this option) for the following scenario:

Whenever there is a pending software or security upgrade, we are notified and given a way to either (A) accept it at the moment, or (B) postpone its installation until **WE** decide that **WE** are ready for the upgrade to be installed … and under this proposed option, Microsoft would NEVER (!!!) force any upgrades upon us.

To be clear, I mean this to be an OPTION. In other words, if we don’t select this option, then Microsoft’s standard “force upgrades upon users” policy will continue.

MacOS gives us the option to deal with security upgrades in *exactly* this proposed manner. Most Linux distros give us the option to deal with security upgrades in *exactly* this proposed manner.

Why does Microsoft seem to be refusing to offer its own users this same option?

Or am I missing something about the Windows 11 software that will indeed allow me to optionally set up my computer to behave in this exact, proposed manner regarding auto-reboot, auto-shutdown, and security upgrades? I hope that I *am* missing something!

I am totally willing to accept all risks that Microsoft thinks (even though they would be wrong in my particular case) that I am facing in taking full, personal responsibility for my own machine’s security.

Thank you for any suggestions as to how I can get my Windows 11 machine to never automatically reboot and never automatically shut down.

And again to be clear: by “never”, I don’t mean “infrequently” or “only now and then” or anything like that. I mean “never” to mean *NEVER* !

​I’m running Windows 11 on my HP laptop. I have gone into Settings and disabled everything I can find to prevent automatic updates, automatic reboots, and automatic shutdowns. Nonetheless. every 5-10 days, my Windows 11 laptop auto-shuts down. I’m guessing that is is part of some sort of forced security update procedure.Whatever this is due to, it is totally and completely unacceptable to me.I need the machine to be up 24×7, because I ssh into it remotely at various random and unpredictable times, and that of course is prevented when the machine is rebooting or shut down. Is there any way for me to totally prevent these automatic reboots and shutdowns?PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!Yes, I understand that automatic security updates are meant for my “protection”. However, I have been working in IT and computer security for decades, and I know much, much better how to protect my own machine than some generic software developed at Microsoft that is meant for millions of non-technical, non-IT-aware people to use.What Microsoft *SHOULD* do is give us the *option* (i.e., only if we select this option) for the following scenario:Whenever there is a pending software or security upgrade, we are notified and given a way to either (A) accept it at the moment, or (B) postpone its installation until **WE** decide that **WE** are ready for the upgrade to be installed … and under this proposed option, Microsoft would NEVER (!!!) force any upgrades upon us.To be clear, I mean this to be an OPTION. In other words, if we don’t select this option, then Microsoft’s standard “force upgrades upon users” policy will continue.MacOS gives us the option to deal with security upgrades in *exactly* this proposed manner. Most Linux distros give us the option to deal with security upgrades in *exactly* this proposed manner.Why does Microsoft seem to be refusing to offer its own users this same option?Or am I missing something about the Windows 11 software that will indeed allow me to optionally set up my computer to behave in this exact, proposed manner regarding auto-reboot, auto-shutdown, and security upgrades? I hope that I *am* missing something!I am totally willing to accept all risks that Microsoft thinks (even though they would be wrong in my particular case) that I am facing in taking full, personal responsibility for my own machine’s security.Thank you for any suggestions as to how I can get my Windows 11 machine to never automatically reboot and never automatically shut down.And again to be clear: by “never”, I don’t mean “infrequently” or “only now and then” or anything like that. I mean “never” to mean *NEVER* !   Read More

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