Windows 10: Windows10 keeps getting waked up by other Win10 PC

Hi,

I got a big problem and I've been searching the last days for a solution. I had a Win8.1 PC which acts as a MediaServer for 2 Raspberrys running KODI. I used SmartPower for EnergyManagement and sending the Server to sleep if no files where streamed. I could wake it up from KODI via WOL and all worked well. But now the Server will still go to sleep acording to plan, but keeps getting waked up. Through trial and error I could exclude the Raspberrys as the Source for the wake up call. I got another Windows PC (at first running Win7), who also was connected to one drive from the Server, but there was never any problem that it woke up the server on itself. But now it seems to keep waking up the server. I tried everything, and finally updated both PCs to Win10. But nothing has changed.

The Server goes to sleep. And if the other PC is up, it keeps waking up the server every 20 minutes via the network card (confirmed via "powercfg -lastwake" on the server). If the other PC is off, the server keeps sleeping, therefore the Raspberrys can't be the source of the wake up call. I already updated all network drivers, but nothing seems to help.

And all solutions I find on the net go about disabling WOL functionality, which is of course no solution for me, since I still need it to be able to wake up the server from my living room via KODI.

I already disconnected all network drives from the Server on my other PC, in the case that these would wake up the server (even if they didn't in the past). So now I dont know what else tot try and would be very gratefull for any hints...

Thanks in advance (and sorry for my bad english)!

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Pc keeps waking up

My computer started waking up after fifteen minutes or so a few days ago. As had others, I found that powercfg -lastwake and the Event View log gave no meaningful information.

A short while ago, I was going to use msconfig to do a clean boot, but found that the Windows 10 version is different from earlier ones: Instead of giving a list of startups in its module, it now tells you to use the Task Manager (I think that is where
it sends you: I just tried to find it through the Windows 10 search engine, which for the second time in the past hour, fails to do anything when I type anything it in, SIGH,)

At any rate, I am not sure what I can safely disable in that list (which, of course, I cannot now get to as I cannot search for msconfig, SIGH NUMBER TWO. How do I decide what to disable, once I am able to get to the list of things to disable?

 

Pc keeps waking up

Hi Imran,

Since you have tried all the troubleshooting steps, but the problem still persists.

I suggest you to test the issue by creating another User Profile and see if it still persist. If the problem doesn't occur, then the issue might be due to corrupted user profile.
Suggest you try the below mentioned steps with current user profile to fix any issue with system files, when you access the desktop screen:

• 
  Press CTRL+Shift+ESC to open Task Manager.
  
• 
  Click File > Run New Task
  
• 
  Make sure you have a check mark beside “Create this task with administrative privileges”
  
• 
  Type CMD
  
• 
  Type the following commands at the CMD prompt:
  
  dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
  

Let us know if it helps.

 

In Device Manager, for the ethernet Network Controller, under advanced properties, try disabling Wake on Pattern Match: