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How to track device IDs assignments in Windows?
Is there a way to keep track of device IDs as they're assigned by the OS? I'm using Windows 8.1, trying to track mouse IDs in specific. A cursory glance at the System logs turned nothing useful.
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After Resuming from Sleep, Second SATA HDD Visible, But Not Accessible
Second SATA HDD is Visible, But Not Accessible after Resume from Sleep.
Dell 15r 7520
Windows 8.1x64 - Fully Updated
C Drive - OS Drive. Kingston mSATA SSD
D Drive - 2nd Drive: WD Blue 1TB SATA
The WD ...
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Why does my laptop not wake from sleep
When I put my laptop to sleep it does not wake when I move the mouse or touch the keyboard.
From previous research..... I've enabled the mouse and keyboard to be able to wake the computer but still it ...
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custom win 8.1 pc will not sleep with an active internet connection
Well, I've given the pc a complete os reinstall about 2 years ago out of its 4 year life for the same reason but it fixed nothing. From a fresh reboot it will sleep properly only a handful of times ...
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Windows 8.1 can not sleep when Flux is active
I found that my windows 8.1 cannot sleep. When I typed "powercfg -requests" command in cmd, I figured out Flux wakes windows up. So I must exit from Flux. How can I have Flux active and also do not ...
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How to disable auto-sleep in Windows 8.1 throughly?
I have tablet with windows 8.1, and I set it to never sleep, but sometimes when I lock it, it will sleep after about 2 hours... How to let it not sleep?
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Difficulty waking computer
Since installing a new graphics card I am having occasional difficulty waking my PC from sleep. The computer lights up but doesn't do anything (no reading from hard disk at all). Forced to cut power ...
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Enable sleep mode in windows 8.1
How to get sleep mode in windows 8.1?
It doesn't have any option.
I checked power options too.
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Wake tablet-pc from sleep by start button
I have a lenovo yoga2 tablet that runs with windows 8.1.
The power button of my tablet is not working and I want to wake my tablet from sleep by pressing the start button.
Is there any way to do ...
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Win 8.1 not going to sleep
I have searched quite a lot already but unfortunately didnt find any solution or hint yet. My problem is NOT that my computer starts/boots itself from standby mode. For this often discussed problem, ...
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Unable to wake computer from sleep/hibernate
Samsung Chronos 7 laptop (Intel core i7) running Windows 8.1
Issue:
laptop won't wake from sleep/hibernate
with hibernate the display does not shut off, screen black, unable to wake
with sleep (and ...
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Screen Saver nor Sleep Mode working on my Lenovo Yoga, Windows 8.1
My screen saver nor sleep mode ever kick on. I have windows 8.1 and a Lenovo Yoga. I have the setting enabled for both to kick on after few minutes to test and nothing ever happens. I've read a few ...
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Sometimes when I turn on my computer, all I get is static on the screen
I connect my computer to my TV via HDMI. When I wake up the computer (I usually only put it to sleep), and the input is already on the PC input, all is well. However, if the input is on ANY OTHER ...
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Power button triggers a ctrl+alt+deleter screen
I have looked up for a solution on several forums but can't find it, hope I didn't miss it !
I have a laptop and I am used to turn it into sleeping mode by pressing the physical power button that is ...
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How to close the lid on the Asus Zenbook without putting it to sleep?
I'm using a new Asus Zenbook with Windows 8.1. To avoid problems with the tiny screen, I've bought a docking station and external monitor for the desktop.
Is it safe to close the lid on the laptop ...
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Windows 8.1 Won't stay asleep
As the title indicates, my 8.1 Windows PC will not stay asleep.
-I have globally disabled all wake timers through the power options, and verified that there are no active wake timers via the ...
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Touch display doesn't turn on when system wakes
I have a windows 8.1 system being used as digital signage. I would like it to wake up automatically in the mourning and sleep at night. Sleeping at night works fine, and having task scheduler run echo ...
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Laptop shuts down instead of going into sleep mode when I send it to sleep
I'm using an Asus laptop. It's more than a year old. This has been going on for maybe a month. I've looked into all the basic settings but can't find what's causing the problem. Here are the settings: ...
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Computer waking up from sleep by itself
My PC, running Windows 8.1, is waking up from sleep by itself.
I have wake-up timers disabled:
And there should be no hardware that is allowed to wake my device:
In the second picture, we do see ...
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Windows 8 embedded sporadic/randomly goes to sleep. Possibly network related
I have 2 PC's running Windows 8.1 Embedded. Last week after months of up-time they went to sleep. There was no windows event logging to match this, only PnP messages from plugging my keyboard in to ...
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Windows 8.1 computer repeatedly wakes up and goes to sleep again
I put my computer (Windows 8.1 Pro) to sleep every evening.
For a couple days now, I find it awake in the morning. A quick check in Event Viewer shows that it actually woke up and (apparently) put ...
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Manually controlling hdd sleep
My question is about controlling and getting info about HDD sleep (or HDD hibernation) in Windows 8.1. I am not referring to system hybernation.
How to manually put hdd into sleep
How to check, if ...
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Laptop waking up from sleep because of "power button"? (Windows 8.1)
My computer is brand new but has a serious problem - it wakes up from sleep mode on its own in the middle of the night, usually a couple hours after I put it into sleep mode. This problem is ...
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Domain keeps Windows 8.1 computer from sleeping
I've recently went back from Win 10 Tech preview to Windows 8.1, where my computer has been connected to my home domain with both operative systemes.
This has never been an issue before and I havent ...
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Why my computer won't enter sleep mode?
My Windows 8.1 set sleep time and turn off display to 1 minute
Network adapter wake the computer disabled.
powercfg command seems to have no problem.
Even powercfg -energy still found nothing ...
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Windows 8.1 Laptop; Is there a way for closed lid to cause sleep but not when there is a monitor hooked up?
Is it possible to make a laptop sleep when the lid is closed UNLESS there is an external monitor that is plugged in? Perhaps a registry hack or third party software?
The control panel power settings ...
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Laptop only sleeps when I close the lid a second time
I'm using a Lenovo Y-50 Touch with Windows 8.1 Update 1.
I've noticed that in the past couple of weeks, I'm having issues with getting my laptop to sleep when I close the lid. I first noticed the ...
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My PC gets stuck while sleeping, on Windows 8.1
While installing Windows updates, I pressed the power button (set to do sleep), but my PC got stuck and I was forced to force shutdown by holding down the power button.
Since then I cannot use sleep; ...
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Need to reboot after waking from sleep mode on my windows 8.1 tablet
I searched and tried much but it does little help to my problem.
When I put my tablet pc aside and it will sleep after 5 mins. This is what I expected by setting power config.
However if I leave it ...
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Dell XPS Running Windows 8.1 Not Entering Sleep Mode --> Shuts Down
Recently, my Dell XPS running windows 8.1 (which had been upgraded from Win7) attempts to go into sleep mode but just shuts down (without properly closing documents or browsers). Any advise?
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