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That is simply not true. My up-to-date Windows 10 machines frequently reboot without me telling them to do so. I'll be working on some project, leave the projec
by Derbasti 6y ago
That is simply not true. My up-to-date Windows 10 machines frequently reboot without me telling them to do so. I'll be working on some project, leave the project windows open and put the computer to sleep over night, only to find the computer rebooted next morning. Presumably the computer woke up in the middle of the night, showed the update prompt to the empty room, and since nobody intervened, killed my programs and rebooted.
- naikrovek 6y agoThen you've done something somehow, or I have, because none of my 5 Windows machines have rebooted without a week's notice in about three years. If it helps, you can use "powercfg /lastwake" at a command prompt to find out why the computer last woke from sleep. With that info you should be able to put an end to those unrequested wakes.
- rcxdude 6y agoYou have probably adjusted something, though Microsoft are very good at undoing anything you do to disable automatic updates. The update system by default wakes the PC up in the middle of the night to reboot it. In my experience it more reliably wakes the PC up than rebooting it, so what happens is you just have a PC which turns on in the middle of the night and sits there idling, which is extremely irritating if you happen to sleep in the same room, and accomplishes nothing.