Windows 10: "Active hours" limitation

Discus and support "Active hours" limitation in Windows 10 Updates and Activation to solve the problem; I work from home and need my computer operating from about 8-AM to as late as 2-AM the next morning. This is a 18 hour span. How can I set my "active... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Updates and Activation' started by kayale, Dec 13, 2016.

  1. KAYALE
    kayale Win User

    "Active hours" limitation


    I work from home and need my computer operating from about 8-AM to as late as 2-AM the next morning.
    This is a 18 hour span. How can I set my "active hours" to accommodate this? MS only lets me set "active hours" to a maximum span of 12 hours. Since 6 hours of "non-active" time is plenty of time for MS to install updates I see no reason for this 12 limit.

    :)
     
    kayale, Dec 13, 2016
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  2. MUSUM
    musum Win User

    " SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

    SO HERE'S THE LINK TO THAT PIC

    http://i26.tinypic.com/2ihbdco.jpg

    CAN U PLZ CHECK IT ACTUALLY I HAVE USED THE NOKIA SOFTWARE UPDATER B4 ... BUT I DONT KNW WHY I M GETTING THIS ERROR NOW
     
    musum, Dec 13, 2016
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  3. MUSUM
    musum Win User
    " SOFTWARE UPDATE FAILED "

    i have installed windows xp sp2

    previously i was using windows media center i thought i might b facing this probs due to that but then i changed it to windows xp ! n moreover i have also shown to nokia service center executives but they were not having the latest updates available ......
    my pc suite is showing that new update version of firmware is available but i cudnt download it "Active hours" limitation :(

    oh gawd wat to do ? "Active hours" limitation :(

    i tried in another pc then again i got an error u need to have minimum 256 ram "Active hours" limitation :(

    please cant it b rectified ? there must b any solution to this probs please help me guyz

    god bless all of u thanx "Active hours" limitation :)
     
    musum, Dec 13, 2016
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    "Active hours" limitation

    dalchina, Dec 13, 2016
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  5. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User
    Set your active hours from 2pm to 2am fro example. Windows usually checks for updates as soon as you boot, then it downloads and installs them ASAP, but sets restart after active hours, so in your case it should be around 2:30 am.
     
    TairikuOkami, Dec 13, 2016
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  6. KAYALE
    kayale Win User
    But I don't boot daily- the computer is on 24/7- so wouldn't any updates downloaded before 2-pm be auto-installed?
     
    kayale, Dec 13, 2016
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  7. CEREBERUS
    cereberus Win User
    If you are using pro, latest insider versions allow you to increase time to 18hrs. Also latest has more control over updates allowing deferment.
     
    cereberus, Dec 14, 2016
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  8. KAYALE
    kayale Win User

    "Active hours" limitation

    I have the home version. But I recently read somewhere that if you set your wifi as "metered service" MS-UDs won't download until you permit them. If this is the case, it will solve my problem since I can then control when they install and wont have anymore surprise UDs trashing my open files. I hope this works.
     
    kayale, Dec 16, 2016
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  9. WULLAIL
    Wullail Win User
    Windows Update Minitool Download Windows Update MiniTool - MajorGeeks

    Turn the option to 'notify only or download only' and do the updates with the tool when you want them to happen instead of when the system wants them to happen.
     
    Wullail, Dec 16, 2016
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  10. KAYALE
    kayale Win User
    Thanks for the MajorGeeks link Wullail. I'm going to see if the "metered service" solution works since it is so simple.
    If it doesn't I will try the MajorGeeks MiniTool.
     
    kayale, Apr 5, 2018
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