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Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
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this post was submitted on 17 Jan 2026
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I just want to know why my Windows 10 laptop is waking up by itself in the middle of the night to apply updates it isn't supposed to have? What the fuck?!
Have a look at "wake timers", they might be at fault and need disabling
Thanks. It was set to Allow Important Only when plugged in, I've disabled it. This prevents me from using Wake-On-Lan, though, which is shitty. I fucking hate Windows.
Typical Microsoft. "Let the user decide when their computer wakes up? Nah, they let us decide what's important or it stays asleep."