what are quiet hours?
SOLVED: What are QUIET HOURS in Windows 10 and Windows 8. Home Â» SOLVED: What are QUIET HOURS in Windows 10 and Windows 8. Jul 2015 Posted by Ian Matthews+ in Windows Client: Win 7 8 & 10 | 4 comments. In Windows 10 there is a Notification Tile named QUIET HOURS that has many people confused. Quiet Hours are actually a feature that was released in Windows 8, that disables ALL notifications during the set times. This means things like new WiFi hotspots that are detected, or new email in Outlook, or Calendar notifications, will not pop up and annoy you.