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Questions tagged [wake-up]

Questions relating to the transition of a computer from a sleeping or hibernated state to a normal operating state.

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Computer wakes by itself, but wake source is unknown

I have an interesting problem. I am using Windows 8.1 on my PC and I have WOL enabled from my BIOS and my LAN card settings and it works just fine. But, since a couple of weeks back, my computer turns on by itself in the middle of the night. Two…
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How to tell what wake source is when Wake Source: Unknown

Same problem as so many people: My computer wakes itself, but I can't determine the source. Windows 10. It's happened around 3:40am, 12:21am, etc. Seems to happen every few weeks. These are some details regarding my system configuration after the…
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Linux - How to get the reason for wakeup?

Is it possible to get the reason of system wake-up (Wake-on-LAN, Power button, wake from USB) on Linux? I'm using Ubuntu, kernel Linux homeless 2.6.37-12-generic #26~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 5 21:52:06 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux
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Why does StartMenuExperienceHost want to wake my computer?

In my desire to figure out why my laptop wakes at night, I can't understand the purpose of the StartMenuExperienceHost waketimer. What is the designed purpose for this waking? Is this related to Windows Updates? I noticed that this waketimer is not…
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Prevent all devices from waking my computer

Sometimes when I bump my mouse or my keyboard my computer turns on. How do I prevent that?
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How do I prevent Windows 7 laptop from waking up automatically?

About once or twice a week my laptop will wake up in the early hours of the morning (about 6ish) from sleep mode. This happens whether the AC power is connected or not. It will then turn itself off after a few minutes. The only way I can stop this…
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How do I prevent the Windows 10 "Maintenance Activator" from waking my PC randomly (even after disabling wake timers)?

Windows 10 wakes randomly after putting it to sleep. I have tried all proposed solutions from this old question: I have added a disable flag for the automatic maintenance in the registry, disabled the Media Center update scheduled task, disabled…
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Laptop won't wake from sleep when external Keyboard and Mouse are plugged in via USB Hub. How to fix?

We have an ASUS Zenbook UX305FA laptop running Windows 10 that is able to be woken from sleep with an external Keyboard and Mouse when they are plugged-in directly into their individual USB ports. However, after plugging in a USB Hub and then…
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My Windows 7 PC wakes up randomly and powercfg lastwake shows nothing. What to do?

Possible Duplicate: Laptop randomly waking up = Hibernate / Low Battery? My PC wakes up from sleep randomly. I disabled Hibernation after Sleep. I am using Asus N53SV with Windows 7 64 bit. Power Options > Sleep > Allow wake timers are…
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Windows 10 keeps waking from sleep

My computer has been waking out of sleep since I've upgraded to windows 10. It usually sleeps for many hours before waking. This is a desktop PC. C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg lastwake Wake History Count - 1 Wake History [0] Wake Source Count -…
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Wakeup PC upon mouse click but not mouse move

Can I differentiate between waking the Windows OS (Windows 7 and/or 8) from a mouse click vs mouse move? I only want the system to wake upon a click on the mouse but not when I move the mouse. I assume this is not a functionality considered in the…
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wake-up by the computer

some time ago(10 years back) I've read on PC Magazine that some mainboards have some settings which allow to a computer to open at a certain hour. I need to make my computer to wake me up in each morning. How can I do that ? What MB settings allow…
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Intel Wireless card wakes up laptop every 15-45 minutes during sleep, logs telemetry, and goes back to sleep DESPITE being expressly told NOT to do so

I have a Razer Blade 15 (2019), with Intel i7-9750H and NVIDIA 2060. The wireless adapter is an Intel Wireless-AC 9560 at 160MHz. The laptop also has a Realtek PCE GbE Ethernet controller Throughout the night, during sleep mode, my PC wakes up and…
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Windows Task automatically wakes my computer, but doesn't put it back to sleep after

My computer wakes itself up every day (presumably to do updates) which is fine by me, but it heats up my room by a considerable amount, and I rather not shut down, especially because it will automatically update in sleep mode. My only issue is that…
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After upgrade to Fall Creators Update, computer wakes after 6 hours 28 minutes when in hibernate

After I updated to Fall Creators Update (version 1709), my computer wakes up at around 4am every day from hibernate. I did the following: Checked that maintenance disabled (and anyway time for maintenance is 11am). Checked that Allow wake times is…
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