Navigate through the editor tree until you reach Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update. Press Win + R to open the run dialog, then type gpedit.msc and press the Enter key. If you don’t, you won’t have access to the Local Group Policy Editor so you’ll be forced to skip this one and jump to the next. If you have Windows 10 Professional, keep reading: this is hands-down the easier and most proper way to deal with that issue. Luckily enough, there are some ways to prevent this feature from happening, depending on which version of Windows you’re using, or just to shutdown the countdown. We’re talking about the dreadful “You’re about to be signed out – Restarting in XX minutes, YY seconds” countdown message, which happens to be one of the most annoying features of the new operating system, even among those – including me – who actually like it. The system updates performed on regular basis by the Windows Update tool are generally a good thing, except when they force the shutdown process giving you no chances to do anything about it except save your work. The time has come to update this post regarding Windows Update behaviour in Windows 8 to Windows 10.
