28,657 questions
PC is on the next morning
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(275.2, 37%, 36%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EVP%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Vincent Poppelier
1
Reputation point
Hi,
Every now and then, I find my PC on the next morning. I don't know why this is. Is there something in the Event Viewer that can explain this to me?
As you can see, I turned off my PC just before 1 AM. It started itself up just before 6 AM.
I do see that twice now a security update has been installed that same morning. So is it because of Windows automatically updating? I don't dislike that feature so I wouldn't want to turn it off, but if that's the cause here's another question: Why doesn't my PC shut down after an update has been automatically installed (I have "use my log-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update or restart" turned on)?
For obvious reasons I don't want my PC on unsupervised for many hours in the morning. Nor do I want to turn on a setting that automatically turns off my PC after, say... an hour. Can anyone help me out to figure out what's up?
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
{count} votes
-
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(89.60000000000001, 81%, 18%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3ERA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Reza-Ameri 17,341 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2021-07-30T15:18:07.193+00:00 Is it a managed PC or personal PC?
Does it happen every time or only after updates?
Does you device supports and enable Wake-on-LAN?
Are you putting your system into hibernate or you shutdown it? -
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(60.8, 61%, 15%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EM%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Miles 1,281 Reputation points2021-08-02T08:01:20.523+00:00 Your question is similar to this link:
Does a task scheduler work when a computer is off on Windows 10?
https://www.quora.com/Does-a-task-scheduler-work-when-a-computer-is-off-on-Windows-10Also, there are differences between Shut down, sleep, or hibernate your PC
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/shut-down-sleep-or-hibernate-your-pc-2941d165-7d0a-a5e8-c5ad-8c972e8e6effPlease note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.
Best Regards
-
Vincent Poppelier 1 Reputation point
2021-08-05T08:50:09.42+00:00 IIt's a personal PC. It only happened twice in the last month, and event viewer did show a security updates on both occasions. My device supports Wake-on-LAN but I have it disabled. I am shutting my PC down, not in hibernate (NVIDIA 3070's don't seem to like that somehow).
-
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(300.8, 90%, 39%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EMA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Mustaque Ahmed 1 Reputation point2021-08-05T10:52:19.95+00:00 First check out your BIOS settings , if any auto wake up settings is Enabled !
Sign in to comment
Sign in to answer