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    my computer has insomnia--keeps waking from sleep on its own

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by C E Jones, Dec 9, 2009.

  1. C E Jones

    C E Jones Notebook Consultant

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    I'm running Win 7 on my laptop, and it randomly wakes up from sleep without my doing anything, usually overnight. When I get up in the morning, the computer is on. I've already disabled "wake to LAN" in the bios, and I've also disabled "allow this device to wake the computer" in "Network connections" under control panel. Any ideas for a fix?
     
    C E Jones, Dec 9, 2009
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  2. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    im curious myself, mine did this to for a while until i formatted actually.. i wonder if theres any scheduled task that does it?
     
    Kocane, Dec 9, 2009
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    Szadzik Notebook Evangelist

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    Check even viewer for events. You will probably find the answer there.

    Usually though, it is cause by some device tha is set to be allowed to wake the computer up from sleep: mouse, keyboard etc.
     
    Szadzik, Dec 9, 2009
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