Automatic (Timed) Sleep Has Stopped Working

mikeynavy1976

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I'm baffled and troubleshooting shows no errors. I believe issue started last night and has continued today. Putting my machine to sleep manually works, as does waking it using mouse and/or keyboard. However, it has stopped going to sleep automatically, based on timer. I've tried:

- Deleting custom Power Plan and making a new one
- Changing sleep timer
- Running Windows 10 troubleshooter for power (0 issues found)
- Checking Bluetooth and Network drivers...both set not to allow to wake computer.
- System restore to an automatic restore that was set yesterday

I did not install any new drivers or software so I'm not sure what is preventing it from going to sleep on its own. Any advice would be appreciated.
 

mikeynavy1976

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Well...I continued to troubleshoot and may have found the culprit. There was apparently a document sent to printer that never made it and was stuck in queue and may have been preventing computer from sleeping. I got it to go to sleep automatically so I'll see if it continues to stay fixed.