Windows 10: Enable or Disable Active Hours for Windows Update in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Active Hours for Windows Update in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Windows Update Active Hours in Windows 10


Information Windows Update keeps Windows 10 updated by downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft.

Starting with active hours. Active hours lets Windows know when you usually use this device. When a restart is necessary to finish installing an update, Windows won't automatically restart your device during active hours.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the active hours feature of Windows Update in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable active hours.



Note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsUpdate\UX\Settings

IsActiveHoursEnabled DWORD

0 = Disable
1 = Enable




Here's How:

1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Windows Update Active Hours
NOTE: This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Windows_Update_Active_Hours.reg

Download

3. To Disable Windows Update Active Hours
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Windows_Update_Active_Hours.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. If prompted, click on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.



That's it,
Shawn


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HOW TO GET WINDOWS 10 TO BE STABLE AND WORK THE WAY YOU WANT AND NEED

Fact: If Windows Update (i.e., automatic updating) is disabled (turned off), Windows Defender will NOT auto-update its Definitions every day (or even once-a-week).

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How to Prevent Windows 10 From Automatically Downloading Updates:

How to Prevent Windows 10 From Automatically Downloading Updates



Enable Metered Connection to Delay Windows 10 Updates

http://lifehacker.com/enable-metered-connection-to-delay-windows-10-updates-1723316525

Prevent WU from Restarting Your System During Work Time by Setting Active Hours and Custom Restart Time

http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/prevent-wu-restart-active-hours-custom-restart-time/

 

windows 10 activation issue with blank error code slot solution!

When i upgraded my windows to windows 10 it wouldn't activate. Spent 5 hours on phone with reps got transfered twice and the solution that worked was he opened msconfig disabled all
3rd party software services enabled windows update and network driver and restarted my pc. He ran activation via windows update and presto it activated. Hope this helps and saves people spending hours on phone
with microsoft.

This might help for other activation errors but my error slot was blank.

 

Hello tracit99, *Smile

After some testing, it appears that this will still enable or disable Active Hours in build 14342, but no longer changes anything in Settings for it.

 

Thank you for the clarification Shawn. I over stated my claim that is was not disabled without actually testing. I based my assumption on not seeing a change in Settings.

 

That's ok and is perfectly logical to think it doesn't work anymore when the UI is no longer affected. *Smile