
Maintenance tasks include software updates, security scanning with applications like Windows Defender, disk defragmentation and optimization, and other system diagnostic tasks. What Functions Does Automatic Maintenance Perform?

For example, if you leave your PC on and step away from it for a while, Windows will get to work. If you are using your PC at the scheduled time, or if your PC is powered off at the scheduled time, those maintenance tasks will occur at the next available time when Windows notices you aren’t using your PC.
