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If I had my way I would rarely reboot and let my computers sleep when they are not being used. However, I have using Windows for more than 26 years now and have found it necessary to reboot as needed to clean up perceived glitches. Like I said I am glad when my computer occasionally is kept awake by MoUsoCoreWorker.exe if it is only to notify me when there is a Windows Update problem. I realize that leaving my computers awake or sleeping for a long time may contribute to the Windows Update problem but I am not going to worry about that now.
The main reason for lack of concern is because my computer rarely sleeps anymore and it has nothing to do with MoUsoCoreWorker.exe. My computer has not stayed asleep since I installed Acronis True Image 2021. This has been going on for more than four weeks now. I have sought help on the Acronis forums and even Acronis support but have not found a solution yet.
MoUsoCoreWorker.exe and Windows Update only prevents sleep a few times a year while Acronis True Image 2021 prevents sleep every day.
If I knew how to address the underlying issue I would do so - but I have yet to see an established way of doing so. Having checked for updates manually and found nothing pending, what would you do next? If I knew what was to be gained by allowing MoUsoCoreWorker to prevent sleep, I would happily let it - but as I understand it, it is (or has been recognised as) a bug, and I don't see any point in just sitting around with a non-sleeping PC until MS fixes it.
Bear in mind that this hasn't happened just once - I first identified the problem on my PC last December, then it went away, only to re-emerge last week.
No & yes - Sleep issues have arisen many times previously, but not due to this bug, afaik. But this particular cause has (to my knowledge) 'happened twice' - meaning that for some period (days or weeks), until I did something, the PC would not sleep. A few days ago the issue recurred, so I ran the override again yesterday.
I would welcome a 'better' solution - preferably one that did not result in the same sleep issue only a few weeks or months later.