After putting my laptop to sleep, it always automatically wakes up after about 4 or 6 hours. ive checked all power settings and even all wake timers in advanced settings have been fully disabled. This just started about a month ago and i havent changed any of the setting in a looooong time.
what can i do to fix this? Thanks in advance.
Hi, can you run this at a command prompt:
powercfg /devicequery wake_armed
and post the result?
Also feel free to search the forum (search box above) for e.g.
wakes up
keeps waking up
wakes up after hours
etc
- there is a good selection of threads on the same topic- you may find something to help you.
E.g.
Solved Sleep: Keeps waking up! - Windows 10 blog
Windows 10 Desktop Wakes Itself Up - Windows 10 blog
The solution is likely to be particular to your situation.
Are you using a mouse ?This just started about a month ago .
By any chance in that one month period, you started to use a new wireless optical mouse ?
Is there an OFF switch at the bottom of the mouse ? If yes, what if you turn the mouse off when computer is in sleep mode.
Will that makes a difference ?
dalchina, i entered what you suggested at the command prompt and the response was "None". i will search the forum as you suggested. i think i might have found a direction to look in.
davidk, yes i am using a mouse but its the same mouse ive been using for 2 yrs and the mouse does not reactivate the computer from sleep like it has on previous laptops ive owned.
ill cruise around the blog for some similar problems.
I know you said it has nothing to do with the mouse. Just in case..............................dalchina, i entered what you suggested at the command prompt and the response was "None". i will search the forum as you suggested. i think i might have found a direction to look in.
davidk, yes i am using a mouse but its the same mouse ive been using for 2 yrs and the mouse does not reactivate the computer from sleep like it has on previous laptops ive owned.
ill cruise around the blog for some similar problems.
Right click at Start > Control Panel > top right, click View by : > select either large or small > click Mouse > at the top, Hardware > Properties > bottom left, Change settings > at the top, Power Management > UN-check the box " Allow this device to wake the computer" > OK when done.
hey david,
i actually just did that earlier this morning so ill see if thoughout the day that fixes the problem. i also just found about 13 viruses and cleaned them up so maybe even that had something to do with it. gonna give it a test today and see if things changes and if not, ill get back to you.
thanks to you and everyone for their input.
unfortunately, nothing worked. i unchecked the box that was suggested to me (although my mouse never was able to wake up my laptop from sleep) and the few viruses i found and cleaned didnt effect anything. if there are any other suggestions id love to hear it, otherwise ill just do some searches and see what i come up with. if i find something that works, ill be sure to post it.
Hi, try this command:
powercfg /devicequery wake_from_any
This lists all devices with the potential capability to wake your device.
Now what puzzles me is your mouse has a power management tab yet can't wake your PC
You shuold be able to enable any device listed using
powercfg /deviceenablewake <name of device taken from list shown by previous command>
So use the name of your mouse if listed.
there were about a dozen things listed when i ran the command prompt you gave me. yes, the mouse was listed but i actually like how the mouse does NOT wake the computer. the mouse always woke my previous laptops with a click or a wiggle...but my cats would activate it as well all the time or even if i just bumped the desk!!! when i bought this laptop a little over a year ago, that all changed - probably b/c the box was automatically "unchecked" at the factory to enable my mouse to wake up the computer. why it was like that i dont know but i found that i liked it better.
Fortunately my cat is careful and quite polite!
powercfg /lastwake
- will tell you what woke your PC..
