Three days is too short. I should be able to prolong it forever, because it is MY computer. This should not require an option change. What if, just this once, I want it to reboot after 3 days and 15 minutes?
Then you set the updates from automatic to manual and install them when or if you ever feel like it.
Most people never update their Windows PCs and they end up using a PC with bugs and performance issues that have long been fixed and security holes you could drive a truck through, I'm glad automatic updates are now turned on by default and that you also have to option to opt out.
I work in information security. I've fought all-out wars with our desktop support team to get security patches forced to client machines, and to enforce a policy of mandatory reboots that can only be deferred for up to 12 hours. I don't have a problem with forcing a reboot. But if I need another 15 minutes, I want to be able to tell my machine to wait another 15 minutes.
Forcing a reboot is great. Forcing a reboot without letting me defer for a few minutes is not. A better middle ground, the one I fought for at work, is to defer the reboot until the user is asleep.
> ... I'm glad automatic updates are now turned on by default and that you also have to option to opt out.
That's fine and all, but if I want to defer a reboot, I should have that choice. The system can nag me all it wants, I'll eventually give in and reboot, but at a time of my own choosing.
Maybe I'm running low on battery power. Or taking a test. Or in a conference call with an important customer. Or just having a good ol' time raiding with my guildies. Its my computer, it should be my decision no matter what.
