Prevent unwanted restart of Windows 10 / 11 / 12 after downloading updates?

Is it easy to prevent unwanted Windows-10, -11 and -12 restart after downloading updates ?!

You don't need any famous tools like Don't Sleep to solve this problem, Microsoft was one step ahead and in the new Windows-10, -11 and -12 has left the user the free choice of when to restart or reboot, so a external reboot, restart blocker is not necessary as a solution for these problems!

Content:

1.) ... Set the Windows to pause the update during important work!
2.) ... What if it does happen, what can I do to avoid losing important documents?

1.) Set the Windows to pause the update during important work!

1. Open the update settings in Windows-10, -11 and -12
2. Enter "update"

3. On option: "Settings for Windows Update"

4. Now pause the update for 7 days in advance

5. Or the "Change usage times" 

(... see Image-1 Point 1 to 6)

PS:
Very practical in Windows-10, -11 and -12, Microsoft thought far ahead and integrated the right options in the Auto Update to update the new Windows-10, -11 and -12, whether the Home or Pro version, to make it even more attractive, which, by the way, is very commendable.

(Image-1) Plan to restart Windows-10, -11 and -12 before downloading updates!

2.) What if it does happen, what can I do to avoid losing important documents?

As a rule, you get the warning / message that a restart will be made to complete the update, at this point you can delay it again for hours!

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