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September 2nd 09, 10:44 AM
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Vista laptop restarts on its own at ~3am
Hi, I'm new here. I came to this place trying to solve a different problem. That one got solved, so I figure I might as well ask this one! I got my Vista laptop last August (Acer aspire 4720ZG), and it got this weird problem since then. Whenever the laptop feels the need to update (there is a icon telling you that there is a pending update in the start menu, right?), and I don't do so by 3am that day, it starts closing all my programs (gives me like 5 seconds to save each of them) and then updates and restarts on its own... And it's always at around 3:00~3:10am. (I should stop staying up that late!) This gets annoying when it comes to a program that does not have a prompt save function when closed. Word and FireFox are fine, but I do run other programs that just closes before I have the chance to save. Is there a way to turn off that auto-restart thing? I do shut down my laptop regularly (so that it can update/install), like when I go to bed... when I'm up at 3am it's usually about doing some last minute homework, so it's really annoying when it restarts while I'm trying to get things done. Any help/input would be appreciated.  Thank you!-- tincan 
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September 2nd 09, 11:35 AM
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Vista laptop restarts on its own at ~3am
tincan wrote:
Hi, I'm new here. I came to this place trying to solve a different problem. That one got solved, so I figure I might as well ask this one! I got my Vista laptop last August (Acer aspire 4720ZG), and it got this weird problem since then. Whenever the laptop feels the need to update (there is a icon telling you that there is a pending update in the start menu, right?), and I don't do so by 3am that day, it starts closing all my programs (gives me like 5 seconds to save each of them) and then updates and restarts on its own... And it's always at around 3:00~3:10am. (I should stop staying up that late!) This gets annoying when it comes to a program that does not have a prompt save function when closed. Word and FireFox are fine, but I do run other programs that just closes before I have the chance to save. Is there a way to turn off that auto-restart thing? I do shut down my laptop regularly (so that it can update/install), like when I go to bed... when I'm up at 3am it's usually about doing some last minute homework, so it's really annoying when it restarts while I'm trying to get things done. You have Windows Update set to the default, which is to update at 3 AM. You probably also have the Wake On LAN option set in the BIOS. Change both. You can change the Windows Update setting to either automatically update at a different time or have it "download updates and notify me when ready to install". Your choice. To disable Wake On LAN, go into the BIOS and change that setting. Accessing the BIOS http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000235.htm Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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