What's Keeping My Computer Awake?
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Mar 15, 202661850 viewsConfidence Score0%
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First the question; How do I figure out what is preventing my Windows 7 computer from going into sleep mode? Second; some background... I've been struggling with this for a few days and am utterly perplexed. I setup sleep mode on my Windows 7 PC a few weeks ago, and all was well. The PC would sleep…
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Bingo. I found it. An ISO mounting utility I ran had a file mounted and opened across the network. Apparently if a file is open for read across the network, Windows is prevented from sleeping. On another note - I discovered a little quirk with the u…
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