How to cure your computer from a restless sleep

If your computer keeps itself out of sleep mode, then in this article you will find answers to why this happens and what to do.

Hibernation mode Windows - a great way to forget about the need to completely turn off the computer. It allows you to quickly stop their work and almost immediately go back to it if necessary. However, many users are faced with a situation where their computer is fast asleep can wake up in the night and even wake their owners loud sounds. Why this happens and how to avoid it? Let's investigate.

Detection of problems with using a command line

Before you dive into the depths of the settings can not hurt to look at first cause problems. Make it is not difficult. Just open a terminal and enter the following command:

powercfg -lastwake

In response, you should see the device, because of which the last time your system is awakened. You can also try a different command, which displays a list of all devices having the ability to wake the system.

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

While these teams may not indicate directly to the culprit of problems, but can greatly narrow down your search. Remember, this is only meaningful when hardware problems with sleep mode.

Turning off peripherals that wake the computer

You can turn off your computer wake-up function for a particular device device Manager. Open his window and locate the device for which the specified command from the first paragraph, or those who just inspire suspicion. Examine the properties of the device and click on the tab power managementWhere you need to remove the check box.

The most common source of trouble may be a mouse, a keyboard or a gamepad. It should also pay attention to the possibility of waking up on the network, which is necessary only in cases when you use remote access to your computer. So you should also look into the properties of the network adapter and disable the ability to wake the system here.

Disabling Scheduled Tasks

If you take all the steps described in the preceding paragraphs, but the problem still persists, it is likely, that is not the hardware, but in software. For example, there is some scheduled task that wakes the computer to perform. To disable it, you should open the Power Management window, and then go into the power scheme settings.

In the change additional settings, go to Sleep and turn off the wake-up timer.

Disabling scheduled maintenance in Windows 8

The latest version of Windows it is possible to wake up to perform system maintenance and install updates. It can also be the cause of restless behavior of your computer at night.

To disable this feature, you must open out control panel window support center and Section Service click on the link Change service settings. In the new window you will see the option to wake the computer from which you want to remove the check mark.

These tips should allow you to find the problem and fix it, but if you know of any other ways to solve computer spontaneous awakening of the problem, write to us in the comments. I wish you and your computer only a restful sleep!