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SamplesBoi wrote:

Fuqing thing rebooted on me again yesterday with no warning.  I want to punch someone at Microsoft over that crap.  It's as if they think nobody ever has any long running processes running on Windows because its a toy operating system.

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Sockpuppet wrote:

Operator error.

My computer reboots when I tell it to do so. Never at another time.

It seems very hard to get recent versions of Windows to respect this.  Current versions of Windows can't even reliably remember user's folder preferences.  Can you point me to a reliable solution?

Sockpuppet wrote:

Do you understand group policy?

That’s how I enforce it.

I can send you the policy settings.

I use Windows Pro but I don't have a server or have a domain set up.  Is that going to work?

And, no, I don't really understand group policy.  I have IT nerds for that.  They maintain the network.  I maintain the databases and custom software.

Have you seasoned it correctly?

The problem with Windows is if you are part of a domain at a company there are administrators who have control of your machine.

It is quite difficult to get a proper list of all the policies that apply to you because they apply in a heirarchy.

Probably one of the IT nerds who controls your domain has set a group policy that is overriding anything you are setting yourself.

Spanky controls everything about his machines/Domain which is why he is so confident.

Samples_Boi wrote:

The problem with Windows is if you are part of a domain at a company there are administrators who have control of your machine.

It is quite difficult to get a proper list of all the policies that apply to you because they apply in a heirarchy.

Probably one of the IT nerds who controls your domain has set a group policy that is overriding anything you are setting yourself.

Spanky controls everything about his machines/Domain which is why he is so confident.

It is my home machine that is bothering me.  I was trying to say that I don't understand as much about networking as I should because I have IT nerds at work that have shielded me, where it matters most.  They definitely understand.  However, my work computer rebooted as well.  I'd like to get beyond that on my desktop machine.

SamplesBoi wrote:

It is my home machine that is bothering me.  I was trying to say that I don't understand as much about networking as I should because I have IT nerds at work that have shielded me, where it matters most.  They definitely understand.  However, my work computer rebooted as well.  I'd like to get beyond that on my desktop machine.

Did you look in Event Viewer to see if you can tell which process ordered the reboot? It might give you a clue.

But, if you have full control then follow Spanky's advice and just disallow a reboot as a policy.

Samples_Boi wrote:

Did you look in Event Viewer to see if you can tell which process ordered the reboot? It might give you a clue.

But, if you have full control then follow Spanky's advice and just disallow a reboot as a policy.

Spanky, have you thought about becoming a Windows Admin or Engineer for a job? You sound like you know a little about these things?

Samples_Boi wrote:

The problem with Windows is if you are part of a domain at a company there are administrators who have control of your machine.

It is quite difficult to get a proper list of all the policies that apply to you because they apply in a heirarchy.

Probably one of the IT nerds who controls your domain has set a group policy that is overriding anything you are setting yourself.

Spanky controls everything about his machines/Domain which is why he is so confident.

It is 100% possible to get every policy applied to you and your machine including the hierarchy and local overrides.

This is called Resultant Set of Policies (RSOP). It is a fundamental tool for troubleshooting group policy.

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Spanky, have you thought about becoming a Windows Admin or Engineer for a job? You sound like you know a little about these things?

You aren’t responding to me but that was how I started my career.

Samples_Boi wrote:

Interesting discussion here:

https://superuser.com/questions/1817039 … windows-11

Any comment on this Spanky? It seems like people are having lots of issues, even when setting policies.