I am working with two computers, an Asus laptop with Windows 10 and a Dell Optiflex Desktop PC with Ubuntu 20.04. The Asus laptop is also used as if it was a a desktop computer, i.e. the lid is always closed, so it is inconvenient to open and close it to use the built-in keyboard or power button. For both computers, I use an external keyboard and mouse.
During the day, I have to switch between the two computers. When I switch computers, I set the one I will stop using for a while (say, computer A) in sleep mode, I unplug the external keyboard and mouse and plug them to computer B (since I do not have a KVM switch). When I want to use again computer A, I do the inverse operation - I unplug the mouse and keyboard from computer B and plug them to A.
Now, suppose I set to sleep the Windows 10 laptop, I unplug the keyboard and mouse, plug them to the Ubuntu PC, then replug everything to the Windows 10 laptop. If I do this, I am no longer able to wake-up the Windows laptop from sleep. Note that if I set the Windows laptop to sleep without unplugging anything, I am perfectly able to wake it up (both with the mouse and the external keyboard). Is there any way to wake-up my Windows laptop after all the unplugging/replugging? Is there any other workaround I could use that does not involve opening the lid of my laptop? E.g. wake-up after plugging a pendrive, if such a thing exists.
My question is similar to this one, where, however, the problem involved a computer running Linux (while mine is running Windows 10) and using a KVM switch (which I do not have).
