Specify active hours range for auto-restarts
- Policy ID
- ActiveHoursMaxRange
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- Windows Components › Windows Update › Manage end user experience
Description
Enable this policy to specify the maximum number of hours from the start time that users can set their active hours.
The max active hours range can be set between 8 and 18 hours.
If you disable or do not configure this policy, the default max active hours range will be used.
Options
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SetActiveHoursMaxRangeREG_DWORD
- ActiveHoursMaxRangeREG_DWORD