Windows Update Restart Prompt

[Vlad22]

Hello everyone!Can I get any issues if I press Restart Now when Windows Update promted to restart instead of waiting 5 minutes to restart itself?

 

[Kyafield]

Looks like you had an application/program open and running and windows wants those closed before restarting. Just close any open applications that are running and you shouldn't get problems then pressing Restart Now.

 

[LMiller7]

The 5 minutes is provided as a courtesy to you to give you an opportunity to save your work and close applications. Windows itself has no need for the 5 minutes and would otherwise restart immediately. If the option to restart immediately wasn't safe it would not be provided.

Just be sure to save your work and close applications first.