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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?

Jeno Csupor
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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.](https://superuser.com/questions/946957/stopping-all-automatic-updates-windows-10). If you kept the laptop on you ironically wouldn't have this problem. – Ramhound Apr 29 '21 at 22:33
  • 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
  • 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

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