- #WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE DRIVERS#
- #WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE DRIVER#
- #WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE WINDOWS 8.1#
- #WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE WINDOWS 8#
Then click Leave the homegroup and choose Finish. The simply workaround is to leave the Homegroup. It lets you share all your music, videos and printers with just a few clicks however, for some reason Homegroups are infamous for stopping the computer from catching its zzzzzz’s. Homegroups are a great way to share media resources with family and friends at your home. Now scroll down to Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), uncheck it and click OK. Right click your Ethernet adapter and click Properties
#WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE WINDOWS 8.1#
If this does the trick, it might be because you’re still running Windows 8.1 Public Preview or a buggy release of the RTM edition. If you notice that disconnecting the Ethernet cable from your computer lets it peacefully fall asleep then disabling IPv6 in your TCP/IP properties might allay the problem. Think of it like a transitory workaround until Microsoft fixes what I believe to be a bug. Note: this trick isn’t really a solution but just a band-aid. Most adapters have both versions enabled for backwards compatibility but you can safely disable IPv6 for now until it becomes ubiquitous. IPv6 is the latest edition and future replacement of the current IP addressing protocol known as IPv4. If something is requesting access to your computer, such as a SmartTV or media server, it can keep your machine up all night processing the request and you might see vestiges of it hanging out here.
#WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE DRIVER#
I don’t have any power requests right now, but when there’s a problem you might see the name of a device driver or an IP address that can help you narrow down the root cause.
#WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE DRIVERS#
This will show you all the applications and drivers that are making power requests. My report is a recondite webpage named energy-report.html sitting in C:\WINDOWS\system32\Īdmittedly, the report reads as if it were designed for robots but not people, so it can feel abstruse and you might find yourself scrambling for an interpreter. Now enter this into the black void known as the Command Prompt:Īfter about a minute, you can view the Power Configuration report by browsing to the file location displayed in the results: You have to be an admin to pull of this trick. Press the Windows Key + x then press the letter “ a” to open a Command Prompt with Administrator rights. I bet your settings are properly configured here – which is one of the reasons why this conundrum is so freggin’ annoying.įortunately, Windows comes with a niffty little tool to make our sleuthing a little easier. Pressing the sleep button is tantamount to popping an Ambien however, the computer should sleep automatically when there’s no or minimal disk activity. Scroll down until you see Power buttons and lid and then click the + (plus) sign next to Sleep button action to verify the action is really set to Sleep. The P ower Options box shows up with a myriad of settings. The Edit Plan Settings box will pop onto the screen. Go ahead and click the blue Change plan settings link immediately to the right of your power plan Press enter and your power plan should immediately show up. It stands to reason that clicking Sleep should put the computer to sleep however, those settings can change - let’s make sure they haven’t. If not then try these steps from Vonnie Hudson's guides on windows. If this is not the issue, and it usually is, because if the programs are open Windows will not sleep until they are all closed.
#WINDOWS 8 SLEEP MODE WINDOWS 8#
This will make a list of them on the left side go to think link to see this guide and a bunch of others for WIndows 8 and 8.1 The above will close the current app your on.ĪLso you can view a list of the open apps by pressing keys To close a tile or app while you are in it, (so you dont leave it open) save your work then pressĪLT+F4 (some keyboard require you to use the FN+ALT+F4 or FN+F4)
To check what is open in the tiles do the following This issue is a biggie with win 8 and 8.1, because the tiles keep the last 4 apps open. First off, make sure all of your programs are closed.