The late XV105
29th Oct 2015, 14:13
It has been an age since I last posted here!
Some help, please.
My home-built PC runs Windows 7 x64 Professional and usage includes Media Center. Because of this I routinely use sleep instead of power off so that it can wake up, record a Freeview show or download the latest guide listing, and go back to sleep. This has worked faultlessly since build several years ago until the last couple of weeks when the PC started waking up within five minutes of being put to sleep.
I started to investigate by using the Command window and looking for devices enabled to wake the PC:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
eHome Infrared Receiver (USBCIR)
This is fine and confirms that the only device configured to wake the PC is the Media Centre IR receiver; nothing has been enabled that was previously disabled (via power management options in the Device Manager). Just to be sure I removed the IR receiver and the ethernet cable (in case magic packet related) and put the PC back to sleep. It woke up within five minutes - so the problem must be a wake timer. Time to see what I have:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -waketimers
There are no active wake timers in the system.
Hmmm - so I tried this:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 0
Very helpful! :(
I have spent hours carefully going through the scheduled task list as well as one-by-one disabling possible software sources such as antivirus live update - all without finding the source.
If I disable wake timers in Advanced Power Options the PC stays asleep (of course) but I don't want to do this because I can't then use it as described in the opening sentence.
How to get to the bottom of this, please?
Any utilities I can try?
As well as simply not wanting to be beaten the thought crossed my mind of a Nasty trying to phone home.
TVM,
105
Some help, please.
My home-built PC runs Windows 7 x64 Professional and usage includes Media Center. Because of this I routinely use sleep instead of power off so that it can wake up, record a Freeview show or download the latest guide listing, and go back to sleep. This has worked faultlessly since build several years ago until the last couple of weeks when the PC started waking up within five minutes of being put to sleep.
I started to investigate by using the Command window and looking for devices enabled to wake the PC:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
eHome Infrared Receiver (USBCIR)
This is fine and confirms that the only device configured to wake the PC is the Media Centre IR receiver; nothing has been enabled that was previously disabled (via power management options in the Device Manager). Just to be sure I removed the IR receiver and the ethernet cable (in case magic packet related) and put the PC back to sleep. It woke up within five minutes - so the problem must be a wake timer. Time to see what I have:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -waketimers
There are no active wake timers in the system.
Hmmm - so I tried this:
C: \Windows\system32>powercfg -lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
Wake Source Count - 0
Very helpful! :(
I have spent hours carefully going through the scheduled task list as well as one-by-one disabling possible software sources such as antivirus live update - all without finding the source.
If I disable wake timers in Advanced Power Options the PC stays asleep (of course) but I don't want to do this because I can't then use it as described in the opening sentence.
How to get to the bottom of this, please?
Any utilities I can try?
As well as simply not wanting to be beaten the thought crossed my mind of a Nasty trying to phone home.
TVM,
105