Shutdown windows 2008 server without installing updates

Come for the solution, stay for everything else. Welcome to our community! I have a question regarding shuting down Win Server R2 with Exchange installed in it without installing Windows update. It has the Exchange roll up update in it and do not want to do this. I will be out of town for shutting down power and a junior admin will be doing it. Even though I have download but let me choose when to install, When I go to the start menu it still says hutdown and apply updates.

Bradley Fox. This exclamation mark indicates that there are Windows Update ready to install. Now because I want to minimize the downtime of this server I want to be able to skip the installation of the Windows Updates.

These installations can be done in the proper Windows Update Maintenance Window. The start menu it self is not going to provide the solution. If you unfold the little black triangle on the right side of the shutdown button you are not presented with the option that we are looking for. Teams Walkie-Talkie. PCI Express 6. Wordle Scams. T-Mobile iCloud Private Relay. Avira Antivirus Crypto Miner. Linux PinePhone Pro. Google Green Messages.

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