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Windows 10 restarting despite settings to the contrary!

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Hi Everyone,

I have a Windows 10 computer that I do not want restarting "on it's own behalf".

Towards this end I have disabled automatic restarts after Windows updates by following this tutorial - Prevent Windows From Restarting Your PC After Windows Updates.

Furthermore the computer that I am working on was originally a Domain Member, and I thought that the Server may have been signalling the computer to shutdown. I therefore removed the computer from the Domain and added it to it's own Workgroup.

However despite all of the above the computer is still restarting on it's own behalf. Investigations of the Event Viewer reveal that the computer shut down 'skillfully', and that the last shutdown was for the purpose of Reconfiguration.

Historically after setting the appropriate (afore mentioned) group policy settings in Windows 7 I could rely upon a computer to stay on almost indefinitely (with the exception of hardware failures, power outages, etc.) however this Windows 10 computer is restarting regardless!

If anybody can offer any suggestions they will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo
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Hi Corday,

Thanks for your response. However my goal at the moment is to keep the computer running 'indefinitely' whilst it performs hardware testing, using BurnIn Test.

Kind Regards,

Davo
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It is possible that the computer is getting too hot, however there is nothing suspect in the Event Logs. I am now beginning to believe that this computer is still subject to Group Policy on the Domain that it was originally connected to. Is there any way to stop GP from being applied to the computer - at least GP as it relates to the Domain?
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Hi Corday,

Thanks again for your contribution. Unfortunately I have had no luck with the methods described in the link. Every time that I run the command 'gpresult /r' I see that the computers Group Policy is being taken from my local AD Server.

Kind Regards,

Davo
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The user account is currently the local Administrator. Are you suggesting that I need to join the Domain again, perform the suggested changes, and then leave the Domain once more?
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