Shenan:
True, WSUS *might* help but after the wsus v1.0 debacle several of my
customers decided not to rely on this technology any longer to avoid
automatic reboots and data loss. the new wsus may have potential if you can
afford the additional ressources but if it really works flawless only time
can tell. anyway this is a windows update forum so lets stick to that!
Shure, there is the NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers registry key (which I
found out only today, its so very nicely documented by MS), but will it work,
allways, in domains as well as in workgroups, with and without wsus?
Why not implementing some additional non-cryptic user-readable settings in
the Windows update applet (such as Installing at next shut down, Installing
at next power up etc...)?
And, finally, I cannot think of an update that so urgently needs to reboot
that it cant wait for a user to get a chance to save her open files!
Obviously arrogance is a new attitude in the large MS portfolio lately!