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Title: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: AndrewFG on September 06, 2020, 07:37:15 am

Currently if MC is set to enable Auto Update Checks, it creates a task that will regularly wake the PC from sleep. => Is there a setting that will avoid the auto wake up, but nevertheless allow Auto Update Checks when the PC is NOT asleep?

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: JimH on September 06, 2020, 08:06:22 am

Clearly, it shouldn't do that.  Is it possible something else is waking the machine and then check for updates runs?

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: Matt on September 06, 2020, 08:58:10 am

We don't create a power manager entry on check for updates.  So it might be something else?

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: AndrewFG on September 07, 2020, 10:29:40 am

Quote from: Matt on September 06, 2020, 08:58:10 am

We don't create a power manager entry on check for updates.  So it might be something else?

Hi Matt, the following is an extract from Windows 10 Event Manager, which certainly looks to me as though MC had scheduled a task that requests the computer to wake. Or ??

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Log Name:      System
...
Description: The system has returned from a low power state.

Sleep Time: ‎2020‎-‎09‎-‎06T16:49:08.892454100Z
Wake Time: ‎2020‎-‎09‎-‎06T19:17:15.539068200Z

Wake Source: Timer - Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\mcupdate_scheduled' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.


Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: Hendrik on September 07, 2020, 10:32:10 am

That is Windows Media Center.

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: AndrewFG on September 07, 2020, 01:42:47 pm

Quote from: Hendrik on September 07, 2020, 10:32:10 am

That is Windows Media Center.

Ah-Ha. I never even use that application, (obviously your MC is far better), but nevertheless it is auto waking my PC to update itself. Grrr.

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: zybex on September 07, 2020, 01:50:32 pm

You can disable or remove WinMC. Assuming this is Win7, here's one:
https://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Windows-Media-Center

Or just disable that task.

Title: Re: Allow Auto Update Checks, but NOT Auto Wake PC from Sleep?
Post by: AndrewFG on September 07, 2020, 05:46:23 pm

^
Yes I know. Thank you.