Windows 10: Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time

Discus and support Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I need help bad. I have searched the forums and online and have tried everything under the sun that has been suggested but my computer simply will not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by BrookeCan, Oct 19, 2016.

  1. BrookeCan Win User

    Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time


    I need help bad. I have searched the forums and online and have tried everything under the sun that has been suggested but my computer simply will not stay sleeping. It promptly wakes up within 2 minutes. I tried hibernating it and it still wakes up. I have been through all the settings in device manager to make sure nothing is keeping it from sleeping. I have been to the computer management and gone through there to make sure nothing is keeping it awake.... Anything I have found and changed still doesn't work. I also went to power troubleshooting and it told me my screen saver was keeping my computer from saving power. I turned it off and restarted it for extra measure and no go....After that I even did the power troubleshooter again and it still said that the screen saver was keeping my computer from saving power.....funny....the screen saver is OFF.....*Confused I even went into power settings and turned disabled the sleep timers... No luck.. Can someone PLEASE help me... Thanks a million in advance....

    :)
     
    BrookeCan, Oct 19, 2016
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  2. aleunge Win User

    Laptop goes to sleep after one minute with Windows 10, regardless of settings

    Thanks for that Kim. A recent build of Win 10 started the 2 minute sleep problem for me. Very annoying when you have to keep unlocking your computer every 2 minutes Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time :mad:

    Tried resetting power schemes, disabling hibernation, etc. Actually ran into this "System unattended sleep timeout" solution a few times from different sites but didn't even try it until it was a bit of a last resort since it doesn't make any sense... but
    guess bugs don't make sense. It appears after waking up from the first sleep on my machine (after a reboot/cold boot), Win 10 continues to run the 2 minute timeout as if it just woke up every single time after the last user input... and "goes back" to sleep
    after only 2 mins of inactivity. This remedy just extends the timeout... which honestly means a real fix is needed. Now if my machine is actually sleeping and wakes up for some scheduled task/accidental wake/wake on LAN, it won't go back to sleep until the
    longer timeout runs out, in my case 30 mins.
     
    aleunge, Oct 19, 2016
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  3. Turbodogx Win User
    Surface Pro 4: Am I missing a setting for PIN after waking from sleep?

    I have experimented and found that in Tablet mode, the PIN upon wake works, but NOT from the Windows>Power>Sleep setting. In PC mode (plug or unplugged), it doesn't work regularly. Interesting that leaving it for hours, it then did wake requiring a PIN.

    Nonetheless, if I change the setting from Wake from Sleep with PIN EVERY TIME to
    AFTER 1 Minute, it seems to work (granted with the 1 minute delay) when I put it to sleep with the Power, and also from the Win>Power method. So this is not a bad solution since it is unlikely
    someone would get to your SP4 within one minute if security is an issue.

    However, it SHOULD WORK "ON EVERY TIME." Perhaps next Firmware update?

    It would nice for MSFT to comment on this!
     
    Turbodogx, Oct 19, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member

    Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time

    dalchina, Oct 21, 2016
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  5. BrookeCan Win User
    I'm sorry that no one can help...I said in my first post that I had searched the forums and tried everything to no avail... But it just doesn't work to have a desktop that you have to shut down everytime you are done using it.
    I tried the command powerfg-last wake and this is what I found but I need someone to tell me what to do about it..
    Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time [​IMG]
     
    BrookeCan, Oct 22, 2016
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  6. Steve C Win User
    The usual fix is to check every peripheral in Device Manager and deselect "Enable this hardware to wake the PC". Also disable Wake on LAN and disable Wake Timers in the Power Plan. I wonder from your powercfg report whether you have a bad connection between your power button and your motherboard - perhaps check for loose connections?
     
    Steve C, Oct 22, 2016
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  7. dalchina New Member
    dalchina, Oct 22, 2016
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  8. BrookeCan Win User

    Computer keeps waking from sleep within 2 minutes every single time

    I have gone through the device manager and disabled the auto timers, but we have been having intermittent network issues and Dell is now coming out to replace our network card cause it is malfunctioning so I am wondering if there could be a link connected with that somehow. I have also gone through device manager to make sure that "allow to wake computer is not checked". Found nothing there. I went through SCHEDULED TASKS>MICROSOFT>WINDOWS and looked through all the conditions to see if anything was checked to wake this computer... but couldn't seem to find anything there either.. Also unchecked the quick boot option in power settings but that didn't do it either... Thanks everyone for your input!*Smile
     
    BrookeCan, Apr 4, 2018
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