[parched]

As referred to at the bottom of the article (an additional edit after the article is posted), there is an "official" way to stop your PC from being automatically rebooted after an update is installed:

1. Click on the “Start” button and type gpedit.msc press Enter. 2. In the Local Group Policy Editor, go to Computer Configuration -> ->Administrative Templates-> -> Windows Components-> -> Windows Update 3. Double-click on “No auto-restart with automatic installations of scheduled updates”. 4. Select "Enabled", and then click "OK". 5. Close the local group policy editor.

This is from the second shown reply on https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/disabl...

Hope it's helpful to people.

[tinus_hn]

Note that the consumer edition do not feature the Group Policy Editor, that’s Pro only.

[T3OU-736]

Hrm. My Windows knowledge is possibly dared, but don't Group Policies simply apply registry values? So, if those are known, they can be applied (and, hopefully, be effective) on non-Pro editions of the OS?

[athms]

>...don't Group Policies simply apply registry values?

Yes, but these are part of the Global Policy Object (GPO) and Windows Home disables GPO.