# Blog post: How to Check for a Pending Reboot in the Registry (Windows)

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/blog-post-how-to-check-for-a-pending-reboot-in-the-registry-windows/12927>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [July 28, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/blog-post-how-to-check-for-a-pending-reboot-in-the-registry-windows/12927 "2019-07-28T11:52:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![adbertram](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/adbertram/32/193_2.png) [@adbertram](https://forums.powershell.org/u/adbertram)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/blog-post-how-to-check-for-a-pending-reboot-in-the-registry-windows/12927/1 "2019-07-28T11:52:37Z")

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Hello fellow scripters, I thought I’d just this in here in case it may help someone.

Summary: Learn how to check for a pending reboot the registry on Windows Servers and how to automate it in this tutorial!

> **[How to Check for a Pending Reboot in the Registry (Windows)](https://adamtheautomator.com/pending-reboot-registry/)**
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> Learn the quick way to test pending reboot across Windows servers by using PowerShell script to automate the task, by consolidatung steps into one script.

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**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/blog-post-how-to-check-for-a-pending-reboot-in-the-registry-windows/12927/2 "2024-05-16T20:31:53Z")

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