Windows 10: Computer does not completely wake up when a Task Scheduler event is initiated - To Turn On...

I set up an event in Task Scheduler that works fine as long as the computer is awake. However, that same scheduled event does not work correctly when the computer is in sleep mode.


If the computer is in sleep mode before the event is scheduled to occur, at the specified time for the event to run the computer will only half-way wake-up by itself - with the keyboard lights coming on. However, it remains in that "limbo state" until I press ANY key, wherein it will completely wake and the task has already been running. Otherwise, if I do not press any key the computer it will not completely awake.


Further note: After pressing any key to complete the wake up process, the task that is scheduled to run has already been running since the keyboard lit up in that "limbo mode". However, no sound can be heard from the computer in that limbo mode, and the display also is black/blank in that "limbo mode".


The task works fine once the computer is awake or if I initiate it run the task while the computer is awake. However, given the scheduled event is intended to be an alarm to wake me up, it is not useful to wake myself up first to hit a key to completely wake my computer up from sleep to complete the task!


I enabled the "Allow Wake Timers" in the power options.


I also turned OFF the Lock Screen too. So when I hit any key, it immediately goes into the session without the requirement of a password.


Also, during the testing process it does occasionally work, but I have no idea why or how as I didn't change anything in between times it worked and didn't work. It was just random and rare that it will completely wake up and run iTunes. Which again, works fine as long as the computer is awake already.

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Task schedule not waking computer to complete task

Hello,

I have been trying to schedule Steam to start in the middle of the night, and to save power I have been putting my computer to sleep and setting task scheduler to wake automatically. But it just doesn't seem to work, I have the 'Run whether the user is logged
on or not' and 'Run with highest privileges' boxes both checked, yet my computer still fails to wake to start the task. Is there something I have done right?

 

Scheduled Tasks Not Waking Computer

Hi Michael,

Thank you for being part of Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and your effort towards resolving it.

Try the following steps and check if it helps:

• To wake up your Windows computer from Sleep mode at a fixed time, type
  Task Scheduler in Search bar and hit Enter.
• In the right side, select Create Task. A new window will open. Here under the
  General tab, fill in the Name and Description. Also check,
  Run with highest privileges.
• Under the Triggers tab, click New. Another window will open. Select
  One time (or Daily if you want it repeated every day at a particular time). Set the Date and Time when you want your system to wake up from Sleep.
• Next under the Actions tab, you have to mention a task. Click
  New. You can run a simple task, like say, first launching & then closing the command prompt window. This thus will wake your system at the pre-set time to carry out the task.
• Select Action as : Start a program. To schedule a task that executes the command
  cmd.exe with command line arguments, copy-paste under Program/script

/c “exit”

6. Under Conditions tab, check on the Wake the computer to run this task check-box. Click
OK and Exit Task Scheduler. Click OK
and Exit Task Scheduler. Your computer will wake up from Sleep at the particular time.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Question about scheduled tasks waking the computer

Thank you for getting back to us Mariah. A wake timer is a timed event that wakes the PC from sleep and hibernate states at a specific time. For example, a task in Task Scheduler set with the "Wake the computer to run this task" check box is checked and
enabled. To further isolate what is causing this one, let us perform some troubleshooting steps. The steps below will help you enable or disable wake timers to wake the computer in Windows 10.

1. Open the advanced power settings of a power plan you want to enable or disable wake timers for.

2. Expand open Sleep and Allow wake timers. Select
Enable, Disable (default on battery), or
Important Wake Timers Only (default plugged in) for what you want, and click/tap on
OK.

We would also like to verify if the process below are the one's you exactly did to view your wake timers?

1. Open a
command prompt.

2. Type the command powercfg lastwake into the command prompt, and press Enter.

If yes, let us try to check it in Event Viewer. Here's how:

1. Open Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc).

2. In the left pane of Event Viewer, open on Windows Logs and
System, right click or press and hold on System and click/tap on
Filter Current Log. (see screenshot below)

3. Check Power-Troubleshooter in the Event sources menu, click/tap on an empty area in the "Filter Current Log" dialog, and click/tap on
OK

4. You can now click/tap on an event log in the middle pane of Event Viewer to see its
wake source.

Let us know the result of the suggested steps.

Thank you.