As the title implies, Windows Automatic Maintenance is a built-in feature that performs a series of routine maintenance tasks to keep your computer running smoothly. So how does it work? In this article from MiniTool System Accelerator, we will introduce you in detail everything about Windows automatic maintenance.

What is Windows Automatic Maintenance?

A Windows computer relies on running a series of maintenance tasks to keep it healthy. Windows Automatic Maintenance can perform these tasks to prevent system freezes, crashes, or other issues that hinder your productivity. By default, this utility is scheduled to run every day at 2:00 AM (when your computer is in idle or sleep mode). During this process, Windows automated maintenance may run the following tasks:

• System and software updates.
• security scan,
• System diagnostics.
• Disk optimization and defragmentation (for HDD).

However, if your computer is active or does not have power during the scheduled time, all maintenance tasks will be postponed. Delayed tasks will start during the next scheduled idle period. How to wake up the system immediately to run these tasks? In the following paragraphs, we will provide you with three methods to start Windows automatic maintenance on your computer.

How to enable Windows Automatic Maintenance on Windows 10/11?

Method 1: Via Control Panel

Control Panel allows you to view and change system settings, so you can run automated maintenance directly from it. Follow these steps:

Step 1. Open Control Panel .

Step 2. Click the inverted triangle icon next to View mode and select a category .

Step 3. Click System and Security > Security and Maintenance > Expand Maintenance > Click Start Maintenance .

Step 4. To change the automatic maintenance schedule, click Change maintenance settings > Select a time to set for automatic maintenance > Check Allow scheduled maintenance to wake my computer at scheduled times > Click OK to save changes.

Method 2: Via Registry Editor

The Windows Registry provides a database of software and hardware information, settings, options, and more on your computer. If you want to enable certain features, such as Windows automatic maintenance, it is a good idea to modify the value data of the corresponding registry key. The following are the specific steps:

Step 1. Press Win R to open the Run window.

Step 2. Type regedit and press Enter to launch the Registry Editor .

Step 3. Navigate to the following path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows NT > CurrentVersion > Schedule > Maintenance

Step 4. In the right pane, right-click on an empty space > Select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value > Rename it to MaintenanceDisabled .

Step 5. Double-click the newly created value > Change its numeric data to 0 > Click OK .

Step 6. Close the Registry Editor and restart the computer.

Method 3: Via Command Prompt

The last way to enable Windows automatic maintenance is to run the startup command in a command prompt. to this end:

Step 1. Type cmd in the search bar to locate Command Prompt and run it as administrator.

Step 2. In the command window, enter the following command and don’t forget to press Enter :

mschedexe.exe start

To see what tasks Windows Automatic Maintenance is running, you can enter the following command in Windows PowerShell (Admin) and press Enter :

Get-ScheduledTask | ? {$_.Settings.MaintenanceSettings} | Out-GridView

Then you can get a list of tasks with their path, name, and status.

Another way to maintain your computer

As mentioned earlier, Windows Automatic Maintenance is designed to keep your computer in good health and performance by combining all background maintenance tasks. As for the performance of your computer system, MiniTool System Accelerator, a free PC tuning software, is worth a try.

Compared with Windows automatic maintenance, this tool is easier to operate and more flexible. It acts as PC cleaner, RAM limiter, application uninstaller, registry cleaner, etc. on your Windows device. What's more, MiniTool System Accelerator can find and fix common system problems, defragment the hard drive, free up the CPU, and more, making your computer run faster and more responsive.

To maintain your computer, you can run the ActiveCare feature. It only takes a few minutes to help you clear Internet and system junk files, fix registry problems, find free memory and reduce startup programs. The following are the specific steps:

Step 1. Start the MiniTool System Accelerator trial version and enjoy all features for free for the first 15 days.

Step 2. Open ActiveCare in the main interface and click RUN SCAN to start scanning your Windows device for problems.

Step 3. Once the scan is complete, the program will list the system status and the number of issues found. You can click FIX ISSUE to resolve all identified issues at once.

Step 4. Additionally, you can also click on the numbers under ISSUES FOUND or SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS to view more details and select what you want to clean.

Conclusion

This article briefly introduces the definition and functions of Windows automatic maintenance. In short, this tool uses idle time to keep your computer running smoothly by running a set of maintenance tasks. At the same time, you can use some third-party programs, such as MiniTool System Accelerator, to maximize your computer performance.

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