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Putting sleepless Windows 7 to sleep

by Miha Markič 21. September 2009 09:11

A while ago I had the problem with Vista. The thing was that it woke up randomly from the sleep state. The same problem reappeared when I’ve upgraded to Windows 7 x64. But the solution I’ve found previously didn’t work anymore. Even turning off all wake up features for each device didn’t make any difference. Computer would just wake up in the middle of night and stay awake. Besides unpleasant noise there is also unnecessary power consumption.

However it looks like I’ve found the solution once again and this time it is a much more clean and an obvious one. Go to Control Panel, Power Options and click on Change plan settings of the currently selected plan.

Next click on Change advanced power settings

And finally disable Allow wake timers in Sleep node.

That’s it. Your Windows 7 computer will sleep like a baby again.

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Miha Markic

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Miha currently works as a free lance consultant and software developer specialized in .net area.
He graduated in Computer and information science at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has accumulated experience in various programming languages such as Java, Visual Basic 3-6 (MCP), Visual C++, Delphi, C# and VB.Net through years.
He has experience in practically all (technical) stages of project development, including planning, framework development, user interface, business processes, as well as testing and documenting. He has worked on big and small projects in Slovenia and abroad (e.g. participated in completing level 3 IS for the Nucor steel plant, Hertford, USA).
Currently he enjoys programming in .net environment using C#. Since 2000 he has been active in Developer Express' DX Squad and has been ECDL trainer and tester. He also gives lectures on conferences and other events in Slovenia.