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- Active hours reorg and registry section
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@ -34,17 +34,38 @@ When **Configure Automatic Updates** is enabled, you can enable one of the follo
You can configure active hours for devices without setting the **Configure Automatic Updates** policy. *Active hours* identify the period of time when you expect the device to be in use. Automatic restarts after an update will occur outside of the active hours.
By default, active hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM on PCs and from 5 AM to 11 PM on phones. Users can change the active hours manually. Additionally, administrators can use Group Policy or MDM to set active hours for managed devices.
By default, active hours are from 8 AM to 5 PM on PCs and from 5 AM to 11 PM on phones. Users can change the active hours manually.
Additionally, administrators can use multiple ways to set active hours for managed devices:
- You can use Group Policy, as described in the procedure that follows.
- You can use MDM, as described in [Configuring active hours with MDM](#configuring-active-hours-with-mdm).
- While not recommended, you can also configure active hours, as descrbied in [Configuring active hours through Registry](#configuring-active-hours-through-registry).
### Configuring active hours with Group Policy
To configure active hours using Group Policy, go to **Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update** and open the **Turn off auto-restart for updates during active hours** policy setting. When the policy is enabled, you can set the start and end times for active hours.
![Use Group Policy to configure active hours](images/waas-active-hours-policy.png)
### Configuring active hours with MDM
MDM uses the [Update/ActiveHoursStart and Update/ActiveHoursEnd](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/dn904962.aspx#Update_ActiveHoursEnd) settings in the [Policy CSP](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/dn904962.aspx) to configure active hours.
To configure active hours manually on a single device, go to **Settings** > **Update & security** > **Windows Update** and select **Change active hours**.
### Configuring active hours through Registry
![Change active hours](images/waas-active-hours.png)
This method is not recommended, and should be used when neither Group Policy or MDM are available.
Any settings configured through Registry may conflict with any existing configuration that uses any of the methods mentioned above.
You should set a combination of the following registry values, in order to configure active hours.
Under **HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate** use **SetActiveHours** to enable or disable active hours and **ActiveHoursStart**,**ActiveHoursEnd** to specify the range of active hours.
For a detailed description of these regsitry keys, see [Summary: Registry keys used to manage restarts after updates](#summary-registry-keys-used-to-manage-restarts-after-updates).
>[!NOTE]
>To configure active hours manually on a single device, go to **Settings** > **Update & security** > **Windows Update** and select **Change active hours**.
>
>![Change active hours](images/waas-active-hours.png)
## Limit restart delays
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>If you set conflicting restart policies, the actual restart behavior may not be what you expected.
## Summary: Registry keys used to manage restarts after updates
Below are quick-reference tables of the supported registry values, that correspond to group policy settings, used to manage restarts after updates in Windows 10.
The following tables list registry values that correspond to the Group Policy settings for controlling restarts after updates in Windows 10.
**HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate**
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| Registry key | Key type | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTime | REG_DWORD | TBP |
| AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTimeMinutes | REG_DWORD | TBP |
| AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTime | REG_DWORD | 0: disable automatic reboot after update installation at scheduled time</br>1: enable automatic reboot after update installation at ascheduled time |
| AlwaysAutoRebootAtScheduledTimeMinutes | REG_DWORD | 15-180: set automatic reboot to occur after given minutes |
| AUOptions | REG_DWORD | 2: notify for download and automatically install updates</br>3: automatically download and notify for instllation of updates</br>4: Automatically download and schedule installation of updates</br>5: allow the local admin to configure these settings |
| NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers | REG_DWORD | 0: disable do not reboot if users are logged on</br>1: do not reboot after an update installation if a user is logged on</br>**Note:** If disabled : Automatic Updates will notify the user that the computer will automatically restarts in 5 minutes to complete the installation |
| ScheduledInstallTime | REG_DWORD | 0-23: schedule update installation time to a specific hour</br>starts with 12 AM (0) and ends with 11 PM (23) |