Windows 10: How to stop pending Windows updates from killing battery

Not for the first time has a pending Windows update damaged my battery by waking up a laptop in standby and having it run at maximum performance until battery was at 0% ! My power options are such that the laptop if unplugged will hibernate after one hour, and that it will hibernate at critical battery level set to 7%. Pending updates wake up the laptop and apparently are able to circumvent all these settings - otherwise, why would my laptop have been at 0% in the morning? Battery report shows a reduction of capacity of 10% after this. Please tell me how to stop this madness it's actually t

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Battery Won't Charge Fully

Make sure to install all Windows important updates.

Install latest versions of your laptop device drivers you can download the latest device drivers from the device manufacturer or from your laptop manufacturer website.


Step 1

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s ok if you only have 1).





7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.





Step 3

Reset the System Management Controller. Use one of these methods to reset the SMC, which controls battery management, battery status light.

1. Shut down the computer and disconnect the power cord.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Press and hold the power button for ten seconds.

4. Reattach the battery and AC power adapter, then start up the laptop.


Hopefully one of the above suggestions will help you resolve the battery not charging problem. If battery still doesn't charge, you may need to replace your battery.

 

Unable to install pending updates after upgrading to Windows 10

Hi Paro,

Apologize for the delay in response to your issue.

As the above troubleshooting steps couldn't resolve the issue to install pending updates, let us try the below and check if it helps.

I suggest you to rename SoftwareDistribution folder and check if it helps.

Step 1: Stop BITS, Cryptographic, MSI Installer and the Windows Update Services.

• 
  Press Windows Key + X on the keyboard.
  
• 
  Select Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.
  
• Type the following commands at a command prompt. Press ENTER key after each command.

• net stop wuauserv
• net stop cryptSvc
• net stop bits
• net stop msiserver

Step 2: Rename SoftwareDistribution folder.

• Press Windows key + X key on the keyboard.
• Click on Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type net stop wuauserv and press Enter.
• Type rename c:\windows\SoftwareDistribution softwaredistribution.old
  and press enter
• Type net start wuauserv and press Enter.
• Type exit and press Enter

Step 3: Start BITS, Cryptographic, MSI Installer and the Windows Update Services

• 
  Type the following commands in the Command Prompt.
  
• 
  Press the ENTER key each command.
  

• net start wuauserv
• net start cryptSvc
• net start bits
• net start msiserver

3. Type Exit in the Command Prompt to close

4. Restart the computer.

Hope it helps. Get back to us with an updated status of this issue for further assistance.

Thank you.

 

laptop battery wont charge after latest update

1. Shutdown your laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Connect the AC power adapter to your laptop.

4. Power on the laptop

5. Open the Device Manager by typing Devmgmt.msc into Start Menu or from Control Panel.

6. Under the Batteries category, right-click all of the Microsoft ACPI Compliant Control Method Battery listings, and select Uninstall (it’s okay if you only have 1).

7. Shutdown the laptop.

8. Insert the battery.

9. Power on the laptop.

If above suggestions wont resolve the battery charge issue then follow below steps.




Step 2

1. Shutdown the laptop.

2. Remove the battery.

3. Start the laptop with only AC adapter connected to laptop.

4. When you login to Windows OS connect the battery while Windows OS working.