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Prevent Windows Restart After Updates

Here is a great article from Paul Thurrott on adding a registry entry to prevent Windows from restarting automatically when updates are done.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Polices\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU

NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers REG_DWORD 1

Windows Live Messenger Crashes On Startup

I had a client that when he tried and start Windows Live Messenger it would crash and give an error:

“Windows Live Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close.”

I tried reinstalling but that did not cure the problem. I searched on line and found this solution:

Start the regedit and goto the […]