Recover un-saved notepad document after Windows Update reboot
Windows did some updates last night and rebooted my PC :(
How can I, if at all, recover and un-saved notepad document that was sitting open?
data-recovery windows-update notepad
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Windows did some updates last night and rebooted my PC :(
How can I, if at all, recover and un-saved notepad document that was sitting open?
data-recovery windows-update notepad
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
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asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
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Windows did some updates last night and rebooted my PC :(
How can I, if at all, recover and un-saved notepad document that was sitting open?
data-recovery windows-update notepad
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
Windows did some updates last night and rebooted my PC :(
How can I, if at all, recover and un-saved notepad document that was sitting open?
data-recovery windows-update notepad
data-recovery windows-update notepad
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
edited Apr 9 '17 at 6:50
fixer1234
17.7k144581
17.7k144581
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
asked Mar 9 '11 at 9:05
Paul Brown
188226
188226
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Notepad doesn't auto-save its open file so unfortunately you have lost your work.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:10
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As pointed out by ChrisF, your data is lost because of the reboot. Sorry.
To prevent such problems in the future, I'd recommend disabling the automatic reboot. Microsoft claims this is "by design", but do provide a way to disable it, by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SoftwarePolicies
MicrosoftWindows WindowsUpdateAU
Change the
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" DWord
value to the required number.
0 = False (Allow auto-reboot) 1 = True
(Disallow auto-reboot)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444/en-us
Of course you should still reboot as soon as possible to avoid problems (with unpatched security holes, and with problems because of outstanding changes), but you can now do so at your leisure.
Note:
This should only be an issue for Windows XP SP1 and below; apparently in XP SP2 and later versions, Windows will no longer reboot on its own. It will still pop up reminders prompting you to restart, but it will only restart if you click the button in the popup.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:30
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Notepad doesn't auto-save its open file so unfortunately you have lost your work.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:10
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Notepad doesn't auto-save its open file so unfortunately you have lost your work.
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Notepad doesn't auto-save its open file so unfortunately you have lost your work.
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Notepad doesn't auto-save its open file so unfortunately you have lost your work.
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As pointed out by ChrisF, your data is lost because of the reboot. Sorry.
To prevent such problems in the future, I'd recommend disabling the automatic reboot. Microsoft claims this is "by design", but do provide a way to disable it, by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SoftwarePolicies
MicrosoftWindows WindowsUpdateAU
Change the
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" DWord
value to the required number.
0 = False (Allow auto-reboot) 1 = True
(Disallow auto-reboot)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444/en-us
Of course you should still reboot as soon as possible to avoid problems (with unpatched security holes, and with problems because of outstanding changes), but you can now do so at your leisure.
Note:
This should only be an issue for Windows XP SP1 and below; apparently in XP SP2 and later versions, Windows will no longer reboot on its own. It will still pop up reminders prompting you to restart, but it will only restart if you click the button in the popup.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:30
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As pointed out by ChrisF, your data is lost because of the reboot. Sorry.
To prevent such problems in the future, I'd recommend disabling the automatic reboot. Microsoft claims this is "by design", but do provide a way to disable it, by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SoftwarePolicies
MicrosoftWindows WindowsUpdateAU
Change the
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" DWord
value to the required number.
0 = False (Allow auto-reboot) 1 = True
(Disallow auto-reboot)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444/en-us
Of course you should still reboot as soon as possible to avoid problems (with unpatched security holes, and with problems because of outstanding changes), but you can now do so at your leisure.
Note:
This should only be an issue for Windows XP SP1 and below; apparently in XP SP2 and later versions, Windows will no longer reboot on its own. It will still pop up reminders prompting you to restart, but it will only restart if you click the button in the popup.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:30
sleske
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As pointed out by ChrisF, your data is lost because of the reboot. Sorry.
To prevent such problems in the future, I'd recommend disabling the automatic reboot. Microsoft claims this is "by design", but do provide a way to disable it, by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SoftwarePolicies
MicrosoftWindows WindowsUpdateAU
Change the
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" DWord
value to the required number.
0 = False (Allow auto-reboot) 1 = True
(Disallow auto-reboot)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444/en-us
Of course you should still reboot as soon as possible to avoid problems (with unpatched security holes, and with problems because of outstanding changes), but you can now do so at your leisure.
Note:
This should only be an issue for Windows XP SP1 and below; apparently in XP SP2 and later versions, Windows will no longer reboot on its own. It will still pop up reminders prompting you to restart, but it will only restart if you click the button in the popup.
answered Mar 9 '11 at 9:30
sleske
17.8k85382
As pointed out by ChrisF, your data is lost because of the reboot. Sorry.
To prevent such problems in the future, I'd recommend disabling the automatic reboot. Microsoft claims this is "by design", but do provide a way to disable it, by editing the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SoftwarePolicies
MicrosoftWindows WindowsUpdateAU
Change the
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers" DWord
value to the required number.
0 = False (Allow auto-reboot) 1 = True
(Disallow auto-reboot)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555444/en-us
Of course you should still reboot as soon as possible to avoid problems (with unpatched security holes, and with problems because of outstanding changes), but you can now do so at your leisure.
Note:
This should only be an issue for Windows XP SP1 and below; apparently in XP SP2 and later versions, Windows will no longer reboot on its own. It will still pop up reminders prompting you to restart, but it will only restart if you click the button in the popup.
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