Hello everyone,
I have recently come into a weird problem with my computer. Normally, if I were to put my computer to sleep I could easily wake it up by either turning on my wireless keyboard or mouse, hitting a key on my keyboard, or clicking on my mouse. It then wakes up to a screen saver and I can touch a key and it lets me log in. Well, if I leave my computer running and it times out and goes to sleep and it stays asleep for a good while (10 minutes to an 1+ hour) I can do the same thing as I normally do, either turning on my keyboard/mouse, hitting a key on my keyboard, or clicking on my mouse to wake the computer up and it takes me to the screen saver, but this time the computer doesn't respond to my keyboard or mouse anymore and will not bring me to the log in screen. Even if I leave the computer for it to go back into sleep mode then come back and try again I still get the same results. I am pretty much forced to force shut down my computer for it to start back up so that way I can log in to my computer.
I am at a loss of how to fix this problem that I am having. It could very well be an easy fix, but I'm having trouble knowing where to start. Please if anyone has knowledge of this problem or has an idea on what steps I could take to fix this it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone needs anymore information from me please don't hesitate to ask.
I have recently come into a weird problem with my computer. Normally, if I were to put my computer to sleep I could easily wake it up by either turning on my wireless keyboard or mouse, hitting a key on my keyboard, or clicking on my mouse. It then wakes up to a screen saver and I can touch a key and it lets me log in. Well, if I leave my computer running and it times out and goes to sleep and it stays asleep for a good while (10 minutes to an 1+ hour) I can do the same thing as I normally do, either turning on my keyboard/mouse, hitting a key on my keyboard, or clicking on my mouse to wake the computer up and it takes me to the screen saver, but this time the computer doesn't respond to my keyboard or mouse anymore and will not bring me to the log in screen. Even if I leave the computer for it to go back into sleep mode then come back and try again I still get the same results. I am pretty much forced to force shut down my computer for it to start back up so that way I can log in to my computer.
- The computer and the drives have all recently been updated (as of October 17, 2021).
- I do have my keyboard and mouse set to be allowed to wake the computer up from sleep.
- I can have absolutely no application (file explorer, internet browser, game, etc.) or have multiple applications running and still get the same results.
- This problem started in the last month while I was out of town. My wife used it here and there while I was gone, but only used it to take a test or two on the internet or downloaded PDF documents from work. No applications/programs were added to the computer in that month.
- I usually have the habit of putting my computer to sleep at the end of the day instead of actually turning it off, but I normally turn it off once a week.
I am at a loss of how to fix this problem that I am having. It could very well be an easy fix, but I'm having trouble knowing where to start. Please if anyone has knowledge of this problem or has an idea on what steps I could take to fix this it would be greatly appreciated. If anyone needs anymore information from me please don't hesitate to ask.