Re: Forced autodownload reboots - NOT LEGAL!

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 09/16/04 

Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:02:38 -0500

anonymous wrote:
> This is a very unhappy IT consultant, who has had several
> Servers I am responsible for have a forced reboot of them
> occur at 3:00am after downloading a security update.
>
> the following is from the EVENT VIEWER:
>
> Restart Required: To complete the installation of the
> following updates, the computer will be restarted within
> five minutes. Until this computer has been restarted,
> Windows cannot search for or download new updates.
> - Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB833987)
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
>
> I am dismayed at the apparent lack of concern for sites
> operating 24/7 and forcing a reboot of critical server
> systems after an autodownload! I got paged by two sites in
> the middle of the night wanting to know why their Servers
> just crashed!
>
> These reboots should ONLY be done after fair warning and
> be planned.
> When has this policy changed? -it cost one of my
> engineering sites a huge loss in productivity and $$$ due
> to steel pattern cutting robot control files having to be
> reloaded!
> NOT HAPPY!
> This shouldnt be allowed to happen!

Did you consult the articles on the update before installing?

Particularly:

Restart Requirement
In some cases, this update does not require a restart. The installer stops
the required services, applies the update, and then restarts the services.
However, if the required services cannot be stopped for any reason or if
required files are in use, this update will require a restart. If this
occurs, a message appears that advises you to restart.

I suppose you also scanned past this part:

To install the security update without forcing the system to restart, use
the following command at a command prompt for Windows Server 2003:

   Windowsserver2003-kb833987-x86-enu /norestart

Maybe? Just Maybe? 

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