Disable “Restart Your Computer” Notification in XP

If you have automatic updates enabled in Windows XP – which is a good idea in general – after an update in which a restart is “required”, you are notified that Windows would like you to restart to finalize the update. Fine. Unless it is not a convenient time, because if you dismiss the dialog so that you can restart later and continue whatever you were doing, it comes back up at intervals, interrupting your work or play. This tip saved me from pitching the whole tower through my office window.