Windows 10: RDP no longer wakes computer... nothing changed, just suddenly stopped working.

Just today my desktop with Windows Server 2019 stopped booting when attempting to establishing a RDP connection to it. Before, I had to connect once to boot it up usually times out, and connect it a second time for it to work, but now when I press connect from RDP clients it doesn't boot the computer up. My laptop connected to the same router still boots up after RDP attempt though... I didn't change any settings and I've tried disable/enabling the adapter and through BIOS, and they're not working.


Here's what I have confirmed so far:


Power state was in S4,

Ethernet port light indicate that it was ready for wake, router shows connected

Static IP configured


I've read many articles saying that RDP cannot wake on lan, but most of them are for Windows 7, and RDP worked for me before and it's still working for my laptop. I have no idea why or how it stopped working. Please help. Thanks.

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Hi Bill,

There's a possibility that the settings that enables your Space bar to wake your computer up from sleep was reset after updating Windows. If this what had happened, we suggest that you just re-set it up. See the steps below on how to do
so:

• Press Windows key and type keyboard in.
• Click on Keyboard option and a pop-up windows should show up.
• From there, go to > Hardware tab > Properties >
  Change settings > Power management > Allow this device to wake the computer >
  OK/Apply.

Try the if the steps did work and let us know any updates.

 

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