Windows XP SP2 Automatic updates shut down PC, lost data

[SA]

Hi,

I was working in a software development environment debugging a routine. I
had not saved the code that I had changed at all.

All of a sudden, Windows pops up a message that my computer will be
restarted in 5 minutes (and keeps counting down...). There Restart Later
button is not available.

I didn't want to have to set up my debug session again, so I decided to
ignore that, thinking it would either let me cancel the restart later or at
least not restart as long as program that is running has a dialog box open.

No such luck! Windows forcefully closed my debugging environment, even
though there was a Save dialog box open and waiting for user input!

I lost one hour of debugging time, my project changes, and a lot of hair!

What kind of non-sense is this? I will determine when to restart my
computer!

--

SA

[Robin Cook]

Sounds perhaps like you have your set up to automatically download and
install Windows Updates. I had this same thing happen to me with the 5
minute count down. Or you clicked on the change or ID Network button and
gave you this annoying no-option bit which is what happened to me. I agree,
I wasn't too happy with it either with constantly clicking on that 5 minute
warning banger until I was ready to restart. Lousy design on this one.
"SA" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I was working in a software development environment debugging a routine. I
> had not saved the code that I had changed at all.
>
> All of a sudden, Windows pops up a message that my computer will be
> restarted in 5 minutes (and keeps counting down...). There Restart Later
> button is not available.
>
> I didn't want to have to set up my debug session again, so I decided to
> ignore that, thinking it would either let me cancel the restart later or
> at
> least not restart as long as program that is running has a dialog box
> open.
>
> No such luck! Windows forcefully closed my debugging environment, even
> though there was a Save dialog box open and waiting for user input!
>
> I lost one hour of debugging time, my project changes, and a lot of hair!
>
> What kind of non-sense is this? I will determine when to restart my
> computer!
>
> --
>
> SA
>
>

[kurttrail]

SA wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was working in a software development environment debugging a
> routine. I had not saved the code that I had changed at all.
>
> All of a sudden, Windows pops up a message that my computer will be
> restarted in 5 minutes (and keeps counting down...). There Restart
> Later button is not available.
>
> I didn't want to have to set up my debug session again, so I decided
> to ignore that, thinking it would either let me cancel the restart
> later or at least not restart as long as program that is running has
> a dialog box open.
>
> No such luck! Windows forcefully closed my debugging environment, even
> though there was a Save dialog box open and waiting for user input!
>
> I lost one hour of debugging time, my project changes, and a lot of
> hair!
>
> What kind of non-sense is this? I will determine when to restart my
> computer!

That's what you get for trusting MS to update your OS automatically,
instead of doing it yourself.

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