Disable Windows Update Active Hours on Windows 10

On Windows 10 Anniversary Update, the new feature is Windows Update Active Hours. This feature allows users to optionally set up Active Windows "hours". After each Windows update process is complete, the system will automatically restart. If you don't want Windows 10 to automatically reboot when you're working, you can disable Windows Update Active Hours.

Windows 10 allows users to disable this feature on the Settings application. However, if you do not want to use this feature and want to hide it on the Settings application, you can use the Registry Editor.

1. Disable Windows Update Active Hours on the Settings menu

1. Open the Settings menu, then click the Update & Security icon.

2. Next click on Windows Update in the list of left pane, then click on Change active hours link under Update settings.

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3. Set the start time and end time in the Start time section and select the time in the menu, then click the check mark on the menu. Similarly in the End time section, you also select the time and then select the mark on the menu. .

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Finally click Save .

4. Close the Settings menu.

2. Disable Windows Update Active Hours by using Registry Editor

To disable Windows Update Active Hour on Windows 10, follow the steps below:

Step 1:

Close the Settings menu.

Step 2:

Press Windows + R key combination to open the Run window. On the Run window, enter regedit and click OK to open the Registry Editor.

If a UAC prompt appears, click Yes to continue.

Step 3:

On the interface of the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsUpdateUXSettings

Step 4:

Next proceed to create a 32-bit DWORD value and name this new value IsActiveHoursEnabled , then proceed to set the value in the Value data frame to 0.

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Step 5:

Open the Settings menu and check if the Active Hours feature is disabled.

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If Active Hours is disabled, it will look like this:

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If you want to re-activate Active Hours, follow the same steps and change the value in Value data to 1 .

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Good luck!