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Insomniac Computers
Both my desktop and my laptop are insomniacs. I have wake on lan configured on the desktop, but I only want the machine to wake up when I send the magic packet. I have set it that way in the network adapter settings, and still it will turn on at random times. I have checked the BIOS to make sure that nothing is causing it to turn on there. I have checked the power settings to make sure that the wake timer turned off. I have gone into Windows Media Center to make sure that it will not wake up my computer to update constantly.
I then decided top go into command prompt on both computers to see what is causing them to wake up. I typed in "powercfg -lastwake" on both computers and it said that the last wake on my desktop was caused by the USB root hub. I went into the device manager and checked all of the USB root hubs to make sure that the device was allowed to turn off to save power. I did not see any of them with the setting that allows the device to wake the computer on.
On my laptop it said that the last wake was caused by the power button. the only problem with this is that the event viewer says that it woke up at 4 in the morning while I was fast asleep. The event viewer confirmed what powercfg had said. The laptop is closed and nothing could cause the power button to become depressed while it is closed. What is causing my laptop to turn on?
As for the desktop, I am waiting to see if changing the USB root hub settings will have any effect.
Does anyone have any other possibilities was to what might be causing my computers to wake up?