One of the major problems in the Windows 8 operating system is the forced restart problem just after you have updated the software and drivers in the system. When you have updated some of the Windows components using the Windows Update feature, the system shows you a message to restart Windows 8 computer in the login screen. The message displays that you need to restart the computer within three days of update and if you do not do it within three days, the system will automatically restart the system after that period.
After the three days grace period to restart Windows 8 operating system run computer, the system will show you a message showing that the system will automatically restart in the next fifteen minutes. The best thing you could do if you find the message is to save all the important work you are doing. However, there lies a small issue in this feature, if you have locked your computer using the built in Windows lock feature, the system waits until you unlock the system and starts the countdown only after the system is unlocked.
Even though the restart issue is not a big trouble for ordinary computer users, it may become a trouble for the system administrator who manages more computers at the same time. For fixing the above mentioned issue of not restarting the computer when the system is locked, the Windows support center has released an update for the operating system Windows 8 and Server 2012 so that the system will restart itself even if it is locked. Here we discuss the necessary steps a user needs to take for enabling it in his computer.
After the three days grace period to restart Windows 8 operating system run computer, the system will show you a message showing that the system will automatically restart in the next fifteen minutes. The best thing you could do if you find the message is to save all the important work you are doing. However, there lies a small issue in this feature, if you have locked your computer using the built in Windows lock feature, the system waits until you unlock the system and starts the countdown only after the system is unlocked.
Even though the restart issue is not a big trouble for ordinary computer users, it may become a trouble for the system administrator who manages more computers at the same time. For fixing the above mentioned issue of not restarting the computer when the system is locked, the Windows support center has released an update for the operating system Windows 8 and Server 2012 so that the system will restart itself even if it is locked. Here we discuss the necessary steps a user needs to take for enabling it in his computer.
- Press the Windows and the R keys found in the keyboard for opening the Windows Run dialog box. When the dialog box appears on the screen, type in it regedit for opening the registry editor window.
- Now browse to the key given here from the registry editor window, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU. If you are not able to find the keys named AU or WindowsUpdate, you will need to create them manually.
- In the right side pane of the registry editor window, look for the DWORD named as AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTime, if you are not able to find it, create one by its name and then change the value in the DWORD to 1 if it is already not.
- Close the registry editor window and restart your system for saving the changes.
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