My windows XP update program auto-updated my system and requested a restart, which prevented some other software from being installed. The installer always complains something like "Setup has detected that there is a system reboot pending on this machine. Please install this product after rebooting the system". But, for some reason, I can't restart my windows XP at this time. My question is if there is a method by which I can bypass this check.I tried to set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Updates\UpdateExeVolatile\Flags to 0and delete key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperationsbut, it's no difference.Any sugguest?Thanks a lot- Hatricker

You need to restart your system. Do not bypass.

you could try : Code Blockshutdown -a

Look at the registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager and see if there is an entry for PendingFileRenameOperation If so, you can try deleting this value. By the way you should backup the key first....