Microsoft to change Windows Update for New Windows 8

Say goodbye to the pop-up dialog box asking you to restart your computer after updating Windows. In a recent blog post on its site Microsoft has given some details on the new updating procedure for Windows 8. You now will get a restart notification on your login screen. Windows 8 will consolidate all updates for a month period in one restart. When needed you will get the notification on your login screen. If you do not do so after a 3 day period Windows 8 will do it for you. The big plus is that it will not do it if you are running critical applications. If you are Windows 8 will the restart the next time you login (to prevent data loss). You will than be given 15 minutes to save your data, and then the restart will take place. This seems like a positive change to not have any annoying pop-ups during presentations or while playing games on your windows machine. Once a month seems reasonable and if you are smart the changes wont matter to you because you will not be using the automatic install of windows update anyway.