PC keeps waking up, windows update

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  1. jhonsnow

    jhonsnow MDL Novice

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    #1 jhonsnow, Aug 15, 2015
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    So the last few days I have noticed my PC wakes up in the middle of the night to run updates and apparently there is a reboot schedule that wakes up the PC. Running the below command shows it's a task that runs whenever it feels like, I have deleted it, modified it but it keeps coming back. It is caused by forced windows update, i don't mind automatic download and install of updates but don't want it to force a PC reboot or wakeup my computer. Anyway to remove this so I can reboot and finish installing the updates when I want?

    Code:
    C:\WINDOWS\system32> powercfg -lastwakeWake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
  Wake Source Count - 1
  Wake Source [0]
    Type: Wake Timer
    Owner: [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker)
    Owner Supplied Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Reboot' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.
     
  2. Edwe

    Edwe MDL Member

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    #2 Edwe, Aug 15, 2015
    Mine did that once.
    Do you have Teamviewer installed?
     
  3. jhonsnow

    jhonsnow MDL Novice

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    #3 jhonsnow, Aug 15, 2015 (OP)
    no i do not
     
  4. vacaloca

    vacaloca MDL Novice

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    #4 vacaloca, Aug 15, 2015
    Control Panel -> Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings -> Sleep -> Allow wake timers
    If enabled, disable it and that should stop the problem, I believe.

    (This is on Windows 8.1, but option should be similar/same in Win10)
     
  5. 3sidedcube

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    #5 3sidedcube, Aug 15, 2015
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    you will also notice that wake-on lan is enabled as well by default. :g:
     
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  6. jhonsnow

    jhonsnow MDL Novice

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    #6 jhonsnow, Aug 15, 2015 (OP)
    I actually tried that and had a pending update that required a reboot and even after disabling wake timers it STILL woke up the PC, even deleting the reboot wake task did nothing because it just kept coming back the next time it checked or updates. The only way I got around this this time around was actually let PC reboot and finish installing, but this is super annoying every time there is an update that needs a reboot.