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kamen69172y9 out of 10 times I've seen this it was because of a NIC that has configured itself to be able to wake the computer. Sometimes it happens after updates and the setting gets reverted.
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Maybe, Windows shedules itself an update or something. I use switchable power strips for everything and don't know whether Windows would actually do so if it could...
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Lots of reasons:
- BIOS can start after power loss
- LAN adapters WOL by default: check them
- mouse/keyboard etc. wake by default: check every USB device in "Device Manager"
- scheduled events: check "Event Manager"
- scheduled updates: check "active hours" -
its the NSA requesting idle system resources for encryption cracking and cryptomining.
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@SuspiciousBug thanks for your hints. I’ve disabled WOL on the LAN adapters (I think). Let’s see if that helps.
I think I can exclude the other sources.
I want the usb devices to wake up on key press or mouse movement, unless they wake up without any input. -
@Lensflare
Advanced Power settings and trying to find the ones which have the setting "Allow the computer to sleep" *not* set.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/...
powercfg allows to view requests coming in, generating diagnosis etc.
Mostly vendors fucked up the drivers, Windows Updates or App changed settings or the settings were fucked because noone cared. -
Looks like it was the WOL on the network adapter. Windows is sleeping like a baby now.
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What the fuck is wrong with Windows?
I put it into sleep. After a while, it just wakes up again.
I put it into hibernation. It boots up again.
I closed anything that could potentially wake it up like instant messengers etc.
Still it wakes up after a random amount of time.
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