A player reports being woken up in the middle of the night by their gaming PC. This is due to a Windows feature to ensure that you’re typically not disturbed during peak hours.
Gamers regularly experience strange things. One user once reported hearing strange voices coming from their gaming PC. Now, another user explained that they were woken up in the middle of the night by their gaming PC. But what is behind this strange occurrence?
Windows installs updates when they won’t disturb
What is the problem? A gamer reports on reddit that they were woken up early in the morning by their gaming PC. The computer diligently installs updates early in the morning, and the blue update screen lights up the entire room. The owner wondered why the gaming PC has to do this in the middle of the night or early morning.
What is behind it? The nightly updates are due to a function of Windows. Windows attempts to install updates whenever the PC is not in use. This way, it disturbs the owner as little as possible. This often happens when the PC is not completely powered down but put into sleep mode instead.
If the computer is in a study or office, you usually wouldn’t notice it. However, if the PC is, as in this situation, in the bedroom and the monitor is turned on, it can indeed lead to unpleasant consequences.
Can you disable the function? In principle, it is also possible to disable this function, but this requires deep intervention into the system’s registry. Alternatively, you can also simply turn off the PC properly. However, you would then have to manually initiate updates or wait until the updates are fully installed when shutting down your computer.
Basically, we would recommend that you turn off your computer at night. There are several reasons to do so:
