How to Change the "Automatic Maintenance" Settings in Windows 8

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By default, Windows 8 automatically runs scheduled maintenance on a daily schedule when you're not using your computer.

This includes tasks such as software updates, security scanning, and system diagnostics. This maintenance will run daily if you aren't using your computer at the time you set below. If your computer is in use at the scheduled time or maintenance is behind schedule, Automatic Maintenance will run the next time the computer is not being used.

This tutorial will show you how to change the Automatic Maintenance settings in Windows 8 for what time to run the daily maintenance tasks, and if to allow the scheduled maintenance to wake the computer to run at the scheduled time.

You must be logged in as an administrator to be able to do the steps in this tutorial.

Here's How:

1. Do either step 2 or 3 below for how you would like to open the Action Center.

2. From the desktop, click on the Action Center system icon on the taskbar, and click on the Open Action Center link. (see screenshot below)

A) Go to step 4 below.

3. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the Action Center icon.

A) Go to step 4 below.

4. In Action Center, expand Maintenance, and click on the Change maintenance settings link. (see screenshot below)

5. Select the time that you would like to have Automatic Maintenance run daily at, then allow (check) or not allow (uncheck) Automatic Maintenance to wake the computer to run at this time. When finished, click on OK. (see screenshot below)

6. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes.


7. When finished, you can close the Action Center.

That's it,
Shawn

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