PC turns on by itself a while after setting the PC into sleep.

[AdriansNetwork]

I have a desktop and maybe after 10-15 minutes after I have set my computer into sleep, my computer turns on again without me ever touching it. I have never had this issue, seems that the latest Windows update has caused this. What can I do?

 

[neieus]

I'm going to say it's possibly possessed by an evil spirit... but really I don't know

 

[MeanMachine41]

Hi Adrian

As you probably know, you can wake your system from sleep using your mouse movement or keyboard.
Allowing your mouse to wake the computer is touchy as even a slight bump to your desktop will do it.
Certain services will do this too including MS update and they can be disabled.

You can prevent your Network card doing this in Device Manager.
Expand the list for “Network adapters”
Right-click the adapter to be configured and choose “Properties”. There may be several adapters, one for Ethernet, one for wireless, and others like Bluetooth.

In the dialog box that opens, click the tab “Power Management”
Uncheck the box “Allow this device to wake the computer”
Click “OK” and close up Device Manager.

You can determine what service or device woke the computer last with the following command in an elevated command prompt.

powercfg –lastwake

To find out which devices are enabled to wake up the PC, enter this command:

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

 

[AdriansNetwork]

Hi Adrian

As you probably know, you can wake your system from sleep using your mouse movement or keyboard.
Allowing your mouse to wake the computer is touchy as even a slight bump to your desktop will do it.
Certain services will do this too including MS update and they can be disabled.

You can prevent your Network card doing this in Device Manager.
Expand the list for “Network adapters”
Right-click the adapter to be configured and choose “Properties”. There may be several adapters, one for Ethernet, one for wireless, and others like Bluetooth.

In the dialog box that opens, click the tab “Power Management”
Uncheck the box “Allow this device to wake the computer”
Click “OK” and close up Device Manager.

You can determine what service or device woke the computer last with the following command in an elevated command prompt.

powercfg –lastwake

To find out which devices are enabled to wake up the PC, enter this command:

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

Hi!

Thank you for your reply. I tried what you said and I turned off the setting that you mentioned for "Realtek PCi GBE Family Controller". Now when I check what devices that are enabled to wake up the PC in CMD, I can only see the keyboard and mouse. The problem is that the issue remains. My PC woke up by itself about 40 minutes after setting it to sleep. I'm getting so frustrated!

 

[MeanMachine41]

The only other thing I can think of Adrian is:

If you have a Power Plan setup in Windows, you may have wake timers on and all wake timers can be disabled like this:

Select your Power Options from your Control Panel.
Whatever options you have, (be it Balanced, Power Saver or Performance), select> change plan settings > change advanced power settings. In the drop down box you should have "Allow wake timers" so disable this and see how you go.

 

[AdriansNetwork]

The only other thing I can think of Adrian is:

If you have a Power Plan setup in Windows, you may have wake timers on and all wake timers can be disabled like this:

Select your Power Options from your Control Panel.
Whatever options you have, (be it Balanced, Power Saver or Performance), select> change plan settings > change advanced power settings. In the drop down box you should have "Allow wake timers" so disable this and see how you go.

Tried that also, but it didn't help.

 

[AdriansNetwork]

I read somewhere that the power button might be malfunctioning, so I tried to disconnect the power button but the problem still remains. MeanMachine41, you said that you can see what started the computer by making a command in elevated CMD. How do I acces elevated CMD?

 

[MeanMachine41]

To open an elevated CMD, you open the Command Prompt with "Run as Administrator"
Use the Search function and key in "Command Prompt" then right click on it and it will show.

Here is a picture of my system using the commands.

 

[AdriansNetwork]

To open an elevated CMD, you open the Command Prompt with "Run as Administrator"
Use the Search function and key in "Command Prompt" then right click on it and it will show.

Here is a picture of my system using the commands.

Thank you very much. I have set my computer to sleep and I'm waiting for it to start up. After it has started, I will type in the command and see what's the cause of this issue.

 

[AdriansNetwork]

I typed in the command and this is what I got: https://imgur.com/OWqA027
This is really weird.

 

[MeanMachine41]

I typed in the command and this is what I got: https://imgur.com/OWqA027
This is really weird.

You indicated you updated the OS in your original post. Could be a clue if the issue has just started.?
Lets check see if any file system corruption happened.

In the same elevated Command prompt type "SFC /Scannow" without the quotation marks.
This will check your system32 files and will try to repair any files that have been corrupted. If it can't fix it will let you know, before we declare a gremlin. lol

 

[AdriansNetwork]

MeanMachine41, THANK YOU SO MUCH! No more problem after the file check! I owe you.

 

[MeanMachine41]

MeanMachine41, THANK YOU SO MUCH! No more problem after the file check! I owe you.

Your Welcome Adrian Glad you have it sorted.