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I disabled all wake timers so that the machine will never wake itself from sleep Then, I set the Windows Update active hours to be early in the morning. Now, when I use the computer I wake it from sleep with the keyboard, use it normally, then put it to sleep when done. This has allowed me to install updates when convenient for me since it effectively stops auto update behavior. Sort of like how it should be.

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Yeah I did the same.

It's infuriating to put the machine to sleep only to see in the morning (or days later...) that Windows woke it up at 3am.

Is it supposed to go back to sleep or is this honestly how someone at Microsoft wants it to work?

I like this answer. People who often complain about Windows just don't bother learning how it works. I like Linux just as much, but both have pros and cons.

This is not just "learning how it works", this is "learning how it works in order to come up with silly workarounds".

> People who often complain about Windows just don't bother learning how it works

It doesn't work this way, you can just sometimes abuse it to do what was not intended, but it's not meant to be done as in offering you options the official way.

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