Aspire E1-531G restarts itself.

Teodor

This happends when I'm doing doing some work, but after it started restarting it showed working on updates screen, is it just me or microsoft restarted my laptop without permission, just to apply the August cumulative update?

JackE

Yep. Probably some update timers are set to times when you're using it. Easiest way to avoid this happening without having to mess with these settings is to right click on your wifi icon in the tray. Click on network settings. Click wifi properties button in the right pane. Scroll down and simply click to turn on metered connection. Turn it off again whenever you're ready to let Windows update do it's own thing again.

Easwar

Hi Teodor,

To check for updates manually, open the Control Panel, click 'System and Security', then 'Windows Update'. In the left pane, click 'Check for updates'. Install all updates and restart your computer if prompted.

Teodor

Easwar said:

Hi Teodor,

To check for updates manually, open the Control Panel, click 'System and Security', then 'Windows Update'. In the left pane, click 'Check for updates'. Install all updates and restart your computer if prompted.

The laptop is running Windows 10 and I don't have the Windows update option in control panel

JackE

Teodor

As mentioned earlier, the easiest way to avoid this happening without having to mess with these settings is to right click on your wifi icon in the tray. Click on network settings. Click wifi properties button in the right pane. Scroll down and simply click to turn on metered connection. Turn it off again whenever you're ready to let Windows update do it's own thing again.

Teodor

JackE said:

Teodor

As mentioned earlier, the easiest way to avoid this happening without having to mess with these settings is to right click on your wifi icon in the tray. Click on network settings. Click wifi properties button in the right pane. Scroll down and simply click to turn on metered connection. Turn it off again whenever you're ready to let Windows update do it's own thing again.

I already used the command net stop wuauserv

Teodor

JackE said:

Teodor

As mentioned earlier, the easiest way to avoid this happening without having to mess with these settings is to right click on your wifi icon in the tray. Click on network settings. Click wifi properties button in the right pane. Scroll down and simply click to turn on metered connection. Turn it off again whenever you're ready to let Windows update do it's own thing again.

Newest question: https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/650372/e1-531g-battery-takes-forever-to-charge-even-if-the-battery-and-the-ac-adapter-are-original#latest

JackE

Please understand that  net stop is only a temporary command Win10. It lasts for only a short time and will be overridden the next time you start Windows. The metered connection is the only way to avoid updates and still have wifi access with Win10. 

As for your battery issue, the battery meter may simply need re-calibrating. But before that, let's see how healthy the battery is by trying this.

Go to the elevated command prompt.  Enter 'powercfg /batteryreport'. Then return to the desktop. Open file explorer. Then search for' battery-report.html' in the c:\windows\system32\ sub-folder. Double-click to open it in the browser. Post screenshot of the first part of the report if possible that compares design full charge capacity with its remaining full charge capacity.