[Solved] Windows 10 computer wakes up at night

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My Windows 10 computer wakes up at night automatically by itself.

How do I disable it from powering on?

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 02/24/2016 01:48:56

Here is a fix I found that works.

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator
Click on the Windows icon, type cmd, right click Command Prompt and choose Run as administrator.

2. Identify Cause
Our example shows the following when we type:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg -waketimers
Timer set by [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker) expires at 12:10:27 AM on 2/25/2016.
Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\Media Center\mcupdate_scheduled' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

3. Start Task Scheduler and disable the task
Click on the Windows icon & type Task Scheduler.

4. Disable the Media Center mcupdate_scheduled task.

On the left pane, click on the Media Center folder.

In the middle pane, click on mcupdate_scheduled.

On the right pane, click Disable.