Harry,
This really is not a problem that you need to concern yourself with. I would draw your attention to the following paragraph which is taken from the article you are referencing.
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"The six 'total connected hours' (not eight) I cited in this post are based on studies that include devices that are infrequently used, often only online
for a few minutes across multiple hours, have intermittent connectivity, and are often running on battery power," Guyer wrote. "Some parts of the update
process can restart where they left off, like the downloads. Others need to restart from the beginning if the device shuts down. So these are both taken
into account in the criteria."
End Quote

If your computer is connected regularly and frequently to the Internet, which I would assume is very likely, and if you are using a broadband connection it will surely take you far less than 5 hours to download updates. There's no need to be concerned. 



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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Harry Brown
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Subject: [VICUG-L] found some information about how long to let the computer stay on for, but there's a problem

     Hi all,

For the heck of it I did a google search for

how long does it take for Microsoft to download and install updates

In an article titled Research shows Windows updates can take six hours to complete found at the following link
https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerworld.com%2Farticle%2F3649193%2Fresearch-shows-windows-updates-can-take-six-hours-to-complete.html&amp;data=04%7C01%7C%7Cfeb8fb4ece914bba79be08da03b0a0e7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637826354390592748%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=6xW1Ri2spNA4fnzKFWhkvPZznY%2B8isyuCJmOYwbQFxE%3D&amp;reserved=0
It's recommended 6 hours, but the problem is, there is 5 hours, but no 6 hours, so, I'll have to set it to never, and let the computer update itself in the night, and I'll have to come out and turn it off in the morning, putting it back to sleep.

I guess I can do that, I'm not loving the idea though.

Harry


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