I have Windows 10 on my home laptop. I start it only 2 days a week, because I usually use my tablet. Every time I start it, Windows, Dell, or something else is updating, disk or cpu usage being 100%, making the laptop unusable for about half an hour. Is there any way to fix this, or should I keep the laptop on 24x7, even if I use it only a few hours a week?
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Windows 10 allows you to set activity hours allowing it to schedule when you are not using the update. You can fool the system by continuously updating this time allowing you to update Windows manually on your own time.. If you kept the laptop on you ironically wouldn't have this problem. – Ramhound Apr 29 '21 at 22:33
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No, this is not normal if you are booting it a couple of times a week. I only boot several of my machines on that schedule and have no such issue. Windows only updates once a month unless something REALLY BAD comes along.. My dell crap only updates every once in a while. Even then.. my machine is still usable while it is updating.. certainly not at 100%. Are you using a non-microsoft antivirus? If so, try removing it for defender and see if the problem goes away. Updates should not get 100% of the CPU. – Señor CMasMas Apr 30 '21 at 03:17
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I don't have any antivirus, except what Windows has by default. It's for about 25 minutes 100% disk, and for about 5 minutes 100% cpu. – Jeno Csupor May 01 '21 at 07:11