Windows OS update is breaks the ‘Sleep Mode’ but there’s a temporary fix

As explained by a few reports, the issue keeps waking up the PC even when they are supposed to be in the ‘Sleep Mode’.

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Looks like users are not happy with Microsoft's September 2020 options update (KB4571744) as it is breaking the ‘Sleep Mode' feature. This is being experienced by customers who are running Windows 10 May 2020 Update. While this update includes fixes for critical issues and some improvements, it is causing problems in the ‘Sleep Mode'. As explained by few reports on the web, the issue keeps waking up the PC even when they are supposed to be in the ‘Sleep Mode'. Some users also mentioned this in the Microsoft's forum website.

“My computer (Windows 10, 64-bit Build 19041) is constantly waking up from sleep and then going back to sleep for a short time only to repeat the cycle.  I ran sleep diagnostics on the Windows PowerShell as administrator i.e. powercfg /systemsleepdiagnostics.  The report from yesterday (5/31/2020) indicates that my computer awoke from sleep 50-55 times during the course of the day until at about 8:00 p.m., I decided that it was better to fully shut down the computer rather than have these continued cycles.  The common thread in all these awakenings from sleep is MoUSO Core Worker Process (MoUsoCoreWorker.exe),” said a user named gbeepster.

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What makes this issue worse is that there is no fix available for it right now, reports Windows Latest. Fortunately, there is a temporary solution. In case you haven't updated your laptop to this Windows version, you can prevent the update running in odd hours by scheduling it. There's a second way too.

-Open the search window.

- Type ‘Services.msc' phrase.

- Once the Services window opens, look for ‘Windows Update' service.

- Click on Windows Update and chose ‘Stop'

- Then again, click on the Windows Update and select ‘Start' then ‘Restart'.

- Go to Windows Update and click on Check for updates.

- You can then install the pending updates and reboot the PC.