Computer wakes randomly in the middle of the night to do updates!

[Likespieman007]

Hey all,
As you can probably tell from the title of this thread, I'm having a problem with windows 10 randomly waking up in the middle of the night and restarting to do updates. How do I disable this?

Help would be much appreciated!!

 

[andreii707]

Hmmm, sounds to me like hibernation is active. I am not familiar with Windows 10, but search the Control Panel for settings regarding hibernation, try to disable that and see it it works. This function allows your PC to run in a very low power state, allowing you to resume your work faster but in your case it seems Windows update is also "abusing" that function. Try and disable it, see if it works. Unless you plan on working on really long projects or anything like that, hibernation is of no use to you.

 

[Crixilian]

do you mean by "wake up" is turn on or wake up from sleep??

 

[MarkW]

Its aliens coming in the middle of night to get their email!!

 

[GamingInsider]

1. Open the Settings menu and click Update & recovery.

2. Under Windows Update, click Check for updates. If there's a new update available, your device will download and install the update. If the update requires a restart, you'll see a new section in the Windows Update window that says "A restart has been scheduled." Under this section, you can choose to have the computer automatically restart ("during a time you don't usually use your device"), or you can click Select a restart time to choose the time and day you want the restart to occur. If you want to simply restart the computer now, click Restart now.

3. To set up your computer to always prompt you to schedule a restart time, click Advanced options. Under Choose how updates are installed, choose Notify to schedule restart from the dropdown menu. Use the Advanced options screen to set up your computer to always prompt you to schedule a restart time. And that's it -- now updates requiring a restart will prompt you to schedule a specific restart time, so you no longer have to worry about leaving your computer alone.