[denton-scratch]

> I leave my personal Windows 10 desktop running for about a month at a time

My Win10 Home desktop downloads updates when I'm not looking - and sometimes when I'm actually using the thing - and then reboots all on its own. I have no control over this; there have been occasions when the reboot has happened while I was working.

It happens roughly once a week.

[InvaderFizz]

I've been using this method for years and it works great. It uses a windows debug feature to launch cmd instead of the reboot scheduler. You never see the cmd window, as it's launched by SYSTEM. This prevents Windows update from scheduling a reboot, otherwise the system function as normal. You do need to reboot periodically, but now it's on your schedule.

Source: https://lazyadmin.nl/it/how-to-stop-automatic-restart-win-10...

[layer8]

You can use Reboot-Blocker to prevent that: https://udse.de/reboot-blocker/