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3 week old PC after Windows Update won't auto sleep - anybody else experience this problem ?
2/8/21 | sushiman

Posted on 02/07/2021 7:07:51 AM PST by sushiman

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To: plain talk

“You just need to reestablish the setting.

Control Panel /
Power Options /
“Change when computer sleeps”..

Tried that when we first called Lenovo support - didn’t help .


81 posted on 02/07/2021 4:12:30 PM PST by sushiman (i)
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...anybody else experience this problem ?


Not since I switched to Linux.

82 posted on 02/07/2021 4:48:05 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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How are you making out? I must disable hibernation to get mine to sleep.
Command prompt (admin)

powercfg -h off


83 posted on 02/08/2021 7:43:52 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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You may be able to see what is stopping shutdown sleep by doing a command prompt (Windows key and X > powershell (admin)) and right click paste powercfg /requests and hit enter

Note that you can make your own shutdown script. Go to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psshutdown and download and install PsTools . Then right click on the Desktop and chose New > shortcut, and paste C:\Windows\System32\psshutdown.exe -d -t 0 (that is a letter, not a zero) in the Location field. Then create shortcut keys on your keyboard (hold down the keys like Alt and X).

84 posted on 02/08/2021 8:13:44 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned + destitute sinner + trust Him to save + be baptized+follow Him!)
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To: sushiman

It’s usually a device waking up the machine.

Click Start > Run > type ‘cmd’ (no quotes)

In the command window, type:

powercfg /devicequery wake_armed

That will show you a list of devices that can wake your machine. Now click Start > Run > type devmgmt.msc

This will bring up Device Manager with all of the devices attached to your machine. This part might be a bit tricky, but you have to find the devices that correlate to the list from the power config output.

For instance, if you see something like “Intel Ethernet Connection,” this is likely under the “Network Adapters” heading in the Device Manager. Double-click that entry, and you should see a tab in the window that says “Power Management.” Remove the check mark from the box that says “Allow this device to wake the computer.”

This link may also help:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-power-winpc/windows-10-wont-stay-asleep-powercfg-devicequery/e7355878-4593-4fa4-8884-32c1b9c689f1

Let us know how it goes.


85 posted on 02/08/2021 5:23:54 PM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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