Why my laptop with Windows 7 turns on sometimes at night? It turns off after few minutes.
Can anybody tell why does Windows 7 need to turn on the laptop?
Try to open a command prompt to run as administrator and type in PowerCFG - lastwake it might tell you what woke your computer or if you put in PowerCFG -waketimers it should tell you what is scheduled to wake your computer up.
Type: Fixed Feature Power Button
. Do you know what does that mean?
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Jul 8, 2016 at 13:55
You need to check your BIOS to see if you accidentally enable the alarm on auto start. If your BIOS support it.
Windows Updates
settings as it may be configured to wake the device at a certain time of night to install updates. This can often be 2am/3am