Windows 10: Windows Update waking computer in the middle of the night. [I'm pissed off]

Hello All,


This thread might get deleted by Microsoft because it goes against their REALLY ANNOYING update policies.


So, the date is 12 March 2020, time, around 2 AM. I put my computer to sleep and go to bed... a few minutes after that, my computer automatically wakes up I have a steering wheel plugged into it, which auto-calibrates when windows wakes up and it is quite noisy. So I put it to sleep again and went to bed again... Until it woke me up 2 hours after that... I went to Event Viewer, found out what was causing it... Windows Update, as it couldn't get any worse than it already is. A few months ago, I've spoken to Windows Support, which failed to cooperate to help me stop Windows Updates, even though I explained that their new update breaks a software I am using, so I refuse to update and I understand the security issues that come with that, but they kindly explained that it is "not possible" to turn off updates... And now my computer wakes me up with those pesky updates? That was the last straw.

What I did:
1. Deleted all services related to windows update orchestrator, assistant, update, medic service, all of them
2. Deleted all of the task scheduled to WAKE MY PC UP WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.
I've done it from the registry editor:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services" - Delete everything related to windows update
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule" - Delete everything related to windows update
might be a bit confusing at first, just go through the registry files, you can see the name of the task/service there.

Dear Microsoft,

I am using your OS, but my computer is still MY COMPUTER, please do not give me "permission denied" signs like they would stop a programmer. I paid for it, so please chill out with the permissions, I should have full permissions over you. Like I explained to your support staff, just make a "I am not an idiot" check-mark in your options that allow you to make modifications to your windows without anything trying to stop you.

Even if you patch the registry permissions or something, I WILL hack the living hell out of your OS with Linux to stop them again. So please, spare us all the sanity loss and don't do it.

Best regards,
Someone who just got woken up by your impudence to wake my PC up.

:)

 

Windows wakes up in the middle of the night

Since the Creators update my Windows PC wakes up in the middle of the night.

Before Creators update, I was able to keep my desktop asleep by disabling Wake Timers in Change advanced power settings -> Sleep, and by disabling Automatic Maintenance.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /waketimers

Timer set by [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume6\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker) expires at 14:54:06 on 2017-11-15.

Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Reboot' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Why does UpdateOrchestrator set a wake timer when wake timers are disabled? How can I prevent my computer from waking me up in the middle of the night?

 

Windows wakes up in the middle of the night

Hi Summit, the task UpdateOrchestrator -> Reboot is disabled now. Windows will silently re-enable it at some point, so this doesn't prevent Windows from waking up in the middle of the night. Regards, Wessel

 

Windows 10 Wakes from Sleep in the Middle of the night

Hi,

I realize that Windows 10 wakes up from sleep in the middle of the night. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

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  Did you make any changes to the PC after which you are facing this issue?
  
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  Have you installed all the pending updates on the PC?
  

You may run the Power troubleshooter and restart the computer to check if this helps.

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  Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Control Panel”.
  
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  Click on “Troubleshooting”.
  
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  Click on “View all” and select “Power”.
  

Follow the on-screen directions to run this troubleshooter completely. Once this is done, restart the computer and check the status. Ensure to install any pending updates on the computer and remember to restart the system.

Further you may also create a new power plan and check if this helps.

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  Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Power Options”.
  
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  Click on “Create a power plan” and proceed with the on screen directions. Once this is done restart the computer and check the status.
  

Keep us updated to help you further.