I've semi-recently switched to Win10 from my old trusty Win7, and now I have this very helpful update thingummy that deems it a very good idea to restart my computer over night, when I'm not looking. Argh.

Yes, I'm guilty of not restarting the machine very often - in fact, I only do it if I must, because some installation needs it, for instance. That has a reason, though - I like to have the things I'm currently working on open. Yes, I do save the files before leaving the computer (at least I usually do) but that does not mean I want to come back and find the programmes closed. I especially do not care to have my mail programme shut down by the system, because then said mail programme insists on doing a very long, leisurely database check... while I'm waiting for it to finish so I can get to my mail. Argh again.

Back in the old version it was possible to switch updating, including possibly necessary restarts, to manual only. Win10 does not allow for that without a little bit of twisting its guts, which I now have done, gleefully. If you're suffering from the automatic restart issue as well, here's one of the many tutorials on how to make it stop. I did the registry editing, by the way.

Oh, and now I have to restart the machine to make the change take hold...