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....

search PendingFileRenameOperations key and delete all occurrence.