Windows 8 waking issues – “Maintenance Configurator” task cannot be changed or disabled

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I recently upgraded to Windows 8 x64 (from Windows 7 x64). I had all the wake from sleep tasks disabled in Windows 7.

In the Windows 8 Task Scheduler, Task Scheduler Library>>Microsoft>>Windows>>Maintenance Configurator is a Microsoft scheduled task that by default runs at 1 AM every day.

I don't want the task disabled but I do want to changed it so my computer doesn't wake me up at 1 AM every night. I've tried running as admin and Task Scheduler still says I cannot change it. Suggestions?

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Best Answer

It must be a critical task, you might find it in the registry, but there are sure to be ugly side effects to disabling it completely or tinkering with the settings.

Can you change the time of the task?

The MantenanceConfigurator task is located at the location below in the windows registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tasks\{378401BA-A703-444A-A79C-3C47AD2DC5B6}

I would not edit anything in this registry key unless you know exactly what your doing.

EDIT:

I may have found it Power Options > Advanced Settings > Sleep > Wake Timers

Set it to disabled.

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