Restart your computer to install important updates

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Let Windows 10 Automatically Choose Active Hours Once you have configured the hours when you are active on your PC, click Save to confirm the changes. Just set the start and end time when you typically use your computer. Just click the Change link.ДЄctive hours must be 18 hours or less. If you will be busy using your PC during certain times of the day, you can let Windows know, and prevent your device from automatically restarting. By default, it is set from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. On the next screen, you can turn on the switch to allow Windows to automatically adjust the hours based on your activity (more on that below).

From there, under the вЂњCheck for updatesвЂќ button, click on the вЂњ Change active hoursвЂќ option. To get started click on Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.

#RESTART YOUR COMPUTER TO INSTALL IMPORTANT UPDATES HOW TO#

How to Manage Windows Update with Active Hours The time frame you set up tells Windows that it canвЂ™t restart your computer to install an update. And during that time Windows wonвЂ™t automatically restart your device to install updates. Subsequent updates to Windows 10 have returned some control over updates and it provides flexibility in scheduling when they are installed.ДЄctive Hours (added in Windows 10 Anniversary Update) is a feature that tells Windows 10 when you are using your PC. Nothing was more annoying than coming back to complete some work on your PC and find it has been restarted due to an update. One of the major complaints about Windows Update, when Windows 10 was first released, was its disruptive nature.

Restart your computer to install important updates