windows vps keeps rebooting for updates and killing my EA mid-week

[Hudson]

paid for a vps specifically so my EA would never go offline, and now the windows server on it reboots itself for updates during the trading week. came back to find the terminal closed and a position unmanaged for an hour. defeats the entire point.

how do people lock a windows vps down so it never reboots on its own during market hours?

[dreamchaser]

two layers fix this. first, control windows update: set active hours, disable the automatic restart task in task scheduler, and configure updates to notify rather than auto-install. second, make the terminal self-healing: set mt5 to launch on login and auto-start your EA, and enable auto-login on the vps, so even if it does reboot the terminal is back within a minute instead of staying closed. defence on both ends.

[shadowpilot]

the auto-restart-the-terminal layer is the part people forget. you cant guarantee windows never reboots, big feature updates can override your settings, so the resilient setup assumes a reboot will happen eventually and makes sure everything comes back automatically when it does. accept the reboot, automate the recovery.

[justmatt]

you bought a windows vps for uptime and windows is the thing taking it down. theres a lesson in there about the platform you picked, but everyone just keeps fighting the update service forever instead of hearing it.

[darkhorizon]

the troll is needling but theres truth, some traders run a linux vps with the terminal under wine specifically to escape the windows update reboot cycle. its more setup and not for everyone. for most people, locking down windows update plus auto-relaunch is the pragmatic fix without learning a new os. pick your battle.

[Elliot]

assume it reboots, automate the comeback.