We have all been there…you receive a software update and continue to postpone the reboot as long as possible. When the reboot deadline hits you are still not ready to reboot. This leaves you with 2 options. You can either let the scheduled reboot take you to wonderland or follow these instructions and stop the reboot dead in it’s tracks.
- Open a command prompt and run shutdown /a. This cancels the shutdown commands initiated by the SMS Agent Host. You can rest easy knowing the SMS Agent only sends 1 reboot command per deployment deadline.
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- Stop the SMS Agent Host service. This will close the SMS restart window that continues to nag you.
Have a great day!
Michael Lynch - Huzzah! Life-saver!
sasa - Thank you Bro!
Todd - you got it!
Thank you - Great…works like a charm
Test - you saved me my friend.. Thank you
Todd - Happy to be of assistance!
Pallmall - These are almost the same steps you needed to perform when those millenial viruses tried to restart your pc… good old times *sigh*
Mr Mayor - You just saved me hoooours of a users 218GB backup!!! It was 80% done when it said he had 10 minutes left. Thank god he called me back!
Todd - That’s awesome and a good save for a Friday afternoon!!! Thx for letting me know…makes me smile.