Troubleshooting a Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep
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I have a new Windows 7 PC that wouldn't sleep (not just automatically, but also when specifically told to). The screen goes black momentarily, but within two seconds the machine comes back as if nothing has happened. I tried . This produces some errors quoted at the bottom of this post, plus some w…
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powercfg energy
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In device manager, run through all modems, network cards, mice and keybords and UNCHECK "Allow this device to wakeup computer from sleep" for all of them. I had the same problem (on Vista) and it solved it for me.
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