I have Automatic Updates enabled on my Windows XP computer, but I really hate the “Do you want to restart your computer now?” prompts that show up every five minutes.

Here is a link on how to disable or change the time that lapses before it appears again.  If you don’t usually shut down your computer, I do not recommend disabling it - but just delaying the prompts to remind you.

You can also change the settings to have the computer wake up from hibernation when it is on AC Power at a specific time to install software updates.