Windows XP: Nag, nag, nag, please restart.

I’m one of those people that restarts my Windows XP machines carefully. Very carefully. As in once every two weeks or less, if I can help it. So when I’m prompted to restart after installing the latest Windows updates, I understand that I’ve just patched a security risk and that restarting as soon as possible is in my best interest, but I’m busy now, and don’t appreciate the constant nagging to restart. Lifehacker to the rescue!

Here’s a handy tip to disable the update reminder, by stopping the service responsible for the update. Just run sc stop wuauserv at a command prompt and prompts will be disabled until the next restart.