Win10 problem (1 Viewer)

[njlarsen]

I have an old desktop PC running Win10. For a while now it has a habit that I find irritating.

At night, when I finish, I frequently just let the pc go to sleep by itself. However, for a while now the pc reactivates itself in the afternoon. It seems to check for updates and download during this time. By the way , the reactivation comes early in the period I have set as my active period (and therefore, download should really happen outside of my active time!). Irritatingly, it frequently ends up that the pc afterwards is impossible to get in touch with, hard restart being necessary.
Windows defender and malwarebytes don’t find anything problematic.

Any good ideas?
Niels

 

[Ted Y.]

Can your PC be waked up by network? If so... can be bad news.

Forbid the auto updates in Windows configuration, or at least daily verification for update or report "home" activities.
A browser or othe apilcations also can check for updates. But I do not know of a browser capable to interrupt the Windows sleep.

 

[njlarsen]

Can your PC be waked up by network? If so... can be bad news

How do I check this?
Niels

 

[Ted Y.]

How to enable and use Wake on LAN (WoL) on Windows 10

Yes, you can wake up a computer remotely. In this guide, we'll show you how on Windows 10.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[njlarsen]

Thanks. This pc is connected using Wi-Fi, not lan. The settings for the Wi-Fi don’t have a Wake on magic packet. The lan connector had this option enabled, so I disabled it.
Niels