Windows 10: Active Hours for Updates - Change in Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to: Active Hours for Updates - Change in Windows 10 Mobile Phone

How to Change Active Hours for Updates on Windows 10 Mobile Phone


Information Starting with Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview Build 14322, you can now set the time in which you are most active on your phone by adjusting active hours. Active hours lets Windows know when you usually use this phone. When a restart is necessary to finish installing an update, Windows won't automatically restart your phone during active hours.

This tutorial will show you how to avoid Windows Update automatically restarting your Windows 10 Mobile phone during the active hours you set.


EXAMPLE: Active Hours on Windows 10 Mobile Phone






Here's How:

1. Open Settings, and tap on Update & security. (see screenshot below)



2. Tap on Phone update. (see screenshot below)



3. Tap on the Change active hours link under Update settings. (see screenshot below)



4. Set the Start time and End time to the active hours you want by clicking/tap the hour for Start time, select an hour in the menu, select AM or PM in the menu, and click/tap on the check mark in the menu, repeat for End time, and click/tap on Save when finished. (see screenshots below)


Note Active hours in Windows 10 Mobile has a valid range up to 18 hours between start and end time.









5. When finished, you can tap on the Start button to return to your Start screen if you like. (see screenshot below)




That's it,
Shawn


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Installing Updates and Restarting During my Active Hours?

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand the inconvenience caused to you as the Active Hour feature is not working as it should be.
In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below.

• What is the Windows 10 version and Build installed? (Type
  winver in Windows search/Run command)
  
• Are you aware of any recent changes on the PC, prior to this issue?

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform these steps and check if that fix the issue.



Configuring active hours with Group Policy.



Please refer the section for Configure active hours
and make the changes accordingly. If the PC installed with Windows 10 Pro then follow the steps under
Configuring active hours with Group Policy and if it is
Windows 10 Home then follow steps under Configuring active hours through Registry
from this article: Manage device restarts after updates.



Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify
the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.



Follow the steps to take
backup of registry.




Please let us know the status of the issue,



Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Supported phones for Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview


Your list confirms my phone is eligible, Lumia 521. The windows Insider App fails after ~ 15 seconds, restores data and gives me error 80073cf9. I trouble shot this and went thru all the steps mentioned on several websites including MS without any luck. Short of a hard reset, this is where I am now. Suggestions appreciated.

 

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Windows 10 Activation (Insider)

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When I re-installed with a fresh install... it took a few hours to sync and activate.
However, it did, finally, activate.