Question Laptop turns itself off after being left in sleep mode at night ?

[Stellarplacebo]

Laptop Model: Lenovo Ideapad 330-17IKB 81DM001UUS​

The OS is Windows 11.​

When putting the laptop in sleep mode and closing the lid, and leaving it overnight, the laptop turns itself off (and is off in the morning) and has to be restarted. It starts up and runs fine after being restarted.

I have tried several things in Control Panel > Power Options but nothing seems to work.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Stellarplacebo]

Just for info, I've been playing with the wife's Windows 11 Lenovo laptop and it does exactly the same thing and only sleeps when the Power Options is set to "Never". Go figure.

Anyway not going to worry with it as long as it works because I'm going to do a clean install before long. I'm just wondering wheather to wait until Windows 12 (or whatever they are going to call it) comes out. Any ideas on waiting for 12 to come out before doing a clean install?

 

[Colif]

clean install may not fix. I mean, if its happening on 2 different devices... one is strange enough.
I wonder, are you using the same logon on both? If you are, I wonder if its the roaming profile. You could try disabling it using this - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...settings-deebcba2-5bc0-4e63-279a-329926955708

these might help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...s-set-to/52b0121d-3228-4dda-a295-21a967b13568

 

[Stellarplacebo]

clean install may not fix. I mean, if its happening on 2 different devices... one is strange enough.
I wonder, are you using the same logon on both? If you are, I wonder if its the roaming profile. You could try disabling it using this - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/about-windows-backup-and-sync-settings-deebcba2-5bc0-4e63-279a-329926955708

these might help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/computer-sleeps-even-though-power-settings-set-to/52b0121d-3228-4dda-a295-21a967b13568

clean install may not fix. I mean, if its happening on 2 different devices... one is strange enough.
I wonder, are you using the same logon on both? If you are, I wonder if its the roaming profile. You could try disabling it using this - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/about-windows-backup-and-sync-settings-deebcba2-5bc0-4e63-279a-329926955708

these might help: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/computer-sleeps-even-though-power-settings-set-to/52b0121d-3228-4dda-a295-21a967b13568

 

[Stellarplacebo]

No , not using the same logon. Thanks for the link, I will check it out.

 

[Stellarplacebo]

No need for screenshots, that is a normal reaction


if you mean clean install, its up to you. They fine provided you prepared and have copies of everything you need elsewhere so you don't lose anything. Resets aren't as good and I seen them delete windows entirely so might as well just clean install.

follow this guide: https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-do-a-clean-installation-of-windows-10.3170366/ - its mostly the same, that is the reason we never made a 11 guide.

Thanks, since I was going to have to do a clean install anyway, I thought I would just experiment and do a reset to see how it would come out. What a treat...it turned out great and freshened up everything. I backed up everything, uninstalled all of the programs that didn't come with it, and hooked up a direct cable to the router to eliminate slow downloading with the WiFi adapter. For the reset I chose to download a fresh copy of Windows 11 and it only took about 35 minutes. The reset from start to finish took about one hour and 20 minutes.

It basically took the laptop back to when it was new. It cleaned up the 1.3 GB of Temporary files, but did not fix the Power Options sleep problem or the printer problem. Having the Power Options set to "Never" still solves the sleep problem, and I'll get with Brother about their scan app problem. Overall I'm really happy with the freshened up system results.

 

[Colif]

A reset doesn't actually take it back to completely new state. It just installs the last version update of windows and depending on your choices, keeps all the contents on library folders or does a clean wipe of your User. It doesn't get all new drivers. It uses what you had already.

You can achieve similar just by doing a repair install. Difference is you don't lose all your applications that don't come with windows. The only thing that changes is windows. I would have showed you a link to it had I known.

I see if this way, if you going to lose all your applications, you might as well clean install as then you don't have to clean up the mess possibly left behind by missing applications. That and I seen resets completely remove windows before so its easier just to clean install.

 

[Stellarplacebo]

Colif, sorry I jumped the gun. I think I just got antsy and was looking for the easy way out. Thanks for your time, patience, and expertise.

 

[Colif]

As long as its fixed, its doesn't matter