Windows Update: Rogue Reboot

Dashrender

I have users on a nearly monthly occasion complain that they they tell the system to remind in 10 mins or 4 hours, and yet the machine will just randomly reboot while they are working.

ntoxicator

ive had similar issues

Tried WSUS server through Group Policy. Never got it to work properly. gave it the finger.

Turned windows updates off through GPO policy settings and to not bother user. Machines still at random will reboot without notice due to updates. Or updates will still get installed.

Am I that incompetent?

gjacobse

This goes with @art_of_shred thread:

Can you stop a Windows DC from getting updates?

BRRABill

@Dashrender said:

I have users on a nearly monthly occasion complain that they they tell the system to remind in 10 mins or 4 hours, and yet the machine will just randomly reboot while they are working.

Are you using any sort of RMM product?

gjacobse

@BRRABill said:

@Dashrender said:

I have users on a nearly monthly occasion complain that they they tell the system to remind in 10 mins or 4 hours, and yet the machine will just randomly reboot while they are working.

Are you using any sort of RMM product?

ManageEngine I believe might be on it,.. but updates are pushed manually.

BRRABill

@gjacobse said:

ManageEngine I believe might be on it,.. but updates are pushed manually.

I asked because we use N-Able and they used to have an issue where the popup would show up, but it basically did nothing.

Their code rewrote all the update stuff.

art_of_shred

Is there a reason this reboot is referred to as "red", or was that supposed to be rogue?

scottalanmiller

When you reboot, your users see red?

gjacobse

@scottalanmiller
Sometimes it's not just the users that see red SysAdmins do too...

Dashrender

@ntoxicator Are you sure the GPO is being applied?

scottalanmiller

Edited rouge to rogue. Makes a bit more sense now.

scottalanmiller

Any further progress on tracking this down?

gjacobse

@scottalanmiller

Not entirely.

Both @art_of_shred and I have looked at it. It would appear though that updates were set to trigger.. and not to disable. So while another setting showed as being disabled, it would still trigger.

scottalanmiller

What's the latest? Should we be looking into this more?

gjacobse

@scottalanmiller said in Windows Update: Rogue Reboot:

What's the latest? Should we be looking into this more?

No longer an issue,

scottalanmiller

Well then, another one bites the dust.