Stop future automatic Windows Update restarts

I ran into an issue where I got the “Your PC will restart in X minutes.., ” alert, and my machine subsequently rebooted 15 minutes later.   I found that there is a registry key that will stop this from happening in the future.

• Hold down the Windows Key, and click R to bring up the Run window.
• Type “regedit” and click enter.
• Navigate to”HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows
• Create a new key, by right clicking on Windows, Click New, Click Key, and enter “WindowsUpdate“
• Create a new key, by right clicking on WindowsUpdate, Click New, Click Key, and enter “AU“
• Create a new DWORD (32-bit), called NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers
• Double click on NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers, and enter the value of 1
• Reboot your computer.