Questions tagged [sleep]
Sleep mode is a low-power state designed to provide very fast resuming of a computer's operation, with minimal power consumption.
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Windows Defender Waking Up Hard Drive
I have an external hard drive that I only use for storage, I almost never write data to it but it can be useful if I want to access some data that I have in it.
When it’s possibile I’d like for the ...
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Windows 10 windows all return to main monitor on sleep
Running Windows 10 Enterprise RTM. With two monitors, after the computer goes to sleep all windows return to main monitor. When only locking the computer and waking it up again windows stay where they ...
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Windows 8.1 not activating screen saver, turning off monitor, or sleep mode
Any ideas on what would cause this? No applications that I actively run should be preventing this from happening: OneDrive, Steam, WhatPulse, puush, and f.lux. I have power options set to activate ...
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Linux and S3 sleep on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon gen 11
I got a new laptop, a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon gen 11, and it doesn't support S3 sleep mode. When in sleep the battery continues to drain, badly.
~ cat /sys/power/mem_sleep
[s2idle]
journactl |grep ...
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macOS Big Sur: bypasses login screen when woken from sleep, doesn't require password at all
Anyone know how I can stop this happening?!
I have checked that no apps are preventing sleep in Activity Monitor.
I have not changed the settings or anything. This is only since the upgrade to Big ...
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Windows 10 Pro can not enter Standby (S3)
I just recently reinstalled Windows 10 Pro and initially everything worked properly. However, the S3 Standby is not available anymore. Running powercfg /a gives:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /a
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Windows wake up from sleep, when it goes sleep by script
I've found a script which put my computer to sleep and I did Task Scheduler which runs the sleeping script at 4am. Well, problem here is that when I put my computer to sleep manually I can wake it up ...
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Unplugged Windows 10 laptop starts from shutdown when waking from sleep
My laptop seems like it is starting from a shutdown after I wake it from sleep mode (either by opening the lid or pressing the power button). However, this only happens when it's unplugged. When it's ...
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Is there anyway to stop a Windows 10 laptop from waking up because of accidental keyboard interaction in a bag?
I own an Lenovo Yoga 1470 (Lenovo Yoga 3 14")
And the problem with it is that when I put it to sleep, and put it inside my bag, it seems to bend little bit and turn on because of a keypress.
I tried ...
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Computer wakes from sleep instantly. No lastwake information
My parents' computer wakes instantly when put to sleep. It spins down and then starts a second later.
There are no devices set to wake, lastwake gives no information, eventvwr is empty, and the power ...
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Keeping Network Running When Closing Lid on MacBook Pro
How can I do this? I'm using Caffeine, but that does nothing about the network (WiFi, internet) from shutting off completely when my lid closes.
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Why is a video card needed to put my system in sleep mode?
I'm using Windows 7 and some time ago my video card broke down. I can use the computer as I did, except I can't watch movies or play games, but that's okay with me. I'm not interested in putting any ...
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Disable mouse movment wakeup but there is no power management tab in device manager for the HID compliant mouse
I am able to wakeup my sleeping computer by moving the mouse.
How do I disable that?
(I am not going to turn the mouse off manually every time I sleep the computer or disconnect it or try to have it ...
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Can I force Windows to only wake from sleep via a power button press or have a manual allow-list of devices (rather than automatically granting wake)?
When I sleep my computer, it always wakes unexpectedly. When checking what devices are allowed to wake it up I have this list.
PS C:\> powercfg /devicequery wake_armed
HID-compliant mouse
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powercfg won't produce battery report or sleep study
I'm trying to diagnose a potential issue with my (fully up to date) Surface Pro 6. When I put it to sleep overnight it drops about 15-25% battery.
In my investigation, I wanted to look at both
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