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I have recently installed a preview build of Windows 10.

Windows Technical Preview
Evaluation copy. Build 9841

Unfortunately, now it begins to restart automatically every couple hours after showing me this message multiple times:

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The automatic solution is to install a new build of Windows. But I really don't want to spend time reinstalling a lot of programs I have recently installed.

What I have tried to do is to prevent the OS from installing updates automatically but I have failed to do that.

PC settings 
-> Update and recovery 
-> Windows update 
-> choose how updates get installed 
-> Important updates

But I got this red message preventing me from changing Important updates from Install updates automatically (recommended) to Never check for updates (not recommended):

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How can I prevent Windows 10 Preview from restarting without asking for permissions?

Jason Aller
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MCHAppy
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Unfortunately, this behavior is by design. Windows 10 is pre-release software and therefore should only be used for testing and evaluation purposes. Microsoft deliberately made it do this to prevent people from using it in a production environment. There is no way to change the auto-restart behavior.

As for the Windows Updates issue, you may be able to use the solution from this post (credit to @Lois for the link). In short, you might be able to disable automatic updates by editing the local group policy of the machine.

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Wes Sayeed
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You get this message because the Build 9841 expired.

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Windows builds that expire do a bugcheck (BSOD) every 2 hours. Microsoft released an update to expand the usage until october 2015.

This is listed for the Server, but also works for the 64Bit Client.

Also upgrading to a new build, doesn't remove your tools, they are still installed. So upgrade to a newer build (10041 or 10049), because Build 9841 will no longer boot after 2015-04-30 if you haven't applied the patch or use the 32Bit version.

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magicandre1981
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When you installed technical preview iso you should have recieved a activation key. I installed the enterprise insider preview & recieved a activation key & it states in system that windows is activated with build 10074. In the insider programs with microsoft if joined there is a paragraph on how to find your activation key via command prompt it maybe helpful to find activation key and activate windows which should prevent your pc from restarting every 2 hours.

mathew
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