PC keeps waking up from hibernation at night whenever updates are available

Citrusflavour01 · Dec 6, 2023

So every time there's a Windows update available, my PC decides to wake up at night and waste electricity. I tweaked a few settings but it might have something to do with Update Orchestrator in task scheduler. Thoughts? It was super annoying last night, I had to get out of bed twice and turn the PC off after the second time.

kelper · Dec 6, 2023

@Citrusflavour01
My computer will wake from sleep to do updates, but it never wakes from hibernation. How are you putting your computer to bed at night?

zebal · Dec 6, 2023

Citrusflavour01 said:
it might have something to do with Update Orchestrator in task scheduler. Thoughts?

I don't have an immediate solution to your problem but here are some clues that might help to troubleshoot this:

The 'USO' in MoUSOCoreWorker stands for 'Update Session Orchestrator' -
the component of the update process that coordinates the order in which updates are downloaded and installed

wuauclt.exe is deprecated on Windows 10 (and Server 2016 and newer).
The command line tool has been replaced by usoclient.exe.
When the system starts an update session, it launches usoclient.exe,
which in turn launches usocoreworker.exe.
Usocoreworker is the worker process for usoclient.exe and essentially it does all the work that the
USO component needs done.

The CompatTelRunner.exe process is used by Windows to perform system diagnostics
to determine if there are any compatibility issues.
It also collects program telemetry information (if that option is selected) for the
Microsoft Customer Experience Improvement Program.
This allows Microsoft to ensure compatibility when installing the latest version of the
Windows operating system.
This process also takes place when upgrading the operating system.
To disable this program: Task Scheduler Library > Microsoft > Windows > Application Experience
In the middle pane, you will see all the scheduled tasks, such as Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser,
ProgramDataUpdater and StartupAppTask.
Right-click on the Microsoft Compatibility Appraiser and select Disable.

sihclient.exe SIH Client is the client for fixing system components that are
important for automatic Windows updates.
This daily task runs the SIHC client (initiated by the healing server) to detect and
repair system components that are vital to
automatically update Windows and the Microsoft software installed on the computer.
The task can go online, assess the usefulness of the healing effect,
download the necessary equipment to perform the action, and perform therapeutic actions.)

msiexec automatically check for updates for the program it is installing.

Devicecensus is used to gather information about your PC to target
builds through Windows Update,
In order to target builds to your machine, we need to know a few important things:
- OS type (home, pro, enterprise, etc.)
- region
- language
- x86 or x64
- selected Insider ring
- etc.

thecaretaker · Dec 6, 2023

Use the command line to find what causes the PC to wake up

One way to find out what is causing a wake-up problem is provided by the command line. Open a command prompt with elevated privileges and enter this command:

powercfg –lastwake

The last device that woke up the system will be shown

To find out which devices are enabled to wake up the PC, enter this command

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

x BlueRobot · Dec 6, 2023

Both the Windows Update service and the orchestor are registered activators which means those services are able to run in the background when the system is sleeping. Have you tried disabling modern standby or automatic updates?