Computer wakes up every 20 minutes


  1. InfinitySqrrl
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    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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    Computer wakes up every 20 minutes


    Every 20 minutes my computer wakes up from sleep.
    Thanks to another thread, I went to the event viewer and looked for the wake source.

    The system has resumed from sleep.

    Sleep Time: ‎2015‎-‎12‎-‎27T21:25:57.680144200Z
    Wake Time: ‎2015‎-‎12‎-‎27T21:31:05.275044400Z

    Wake Source: Timer - svchost.exe

    Was repeated every 20 minutes after it fell asleep, not sure where to go from here.
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  3. AddRAM
    Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    And ? What did you find out in Event Viewer ???

    Go into Device Manager and disable any wake from sleep devices, such as wake on lan etc

    And check the Bios, although the Bios shouldn`t be causing it.

    There is some program or piece of hardware causing the problem, (as noted by svchost.exe) something as simple as windows update or a virus program set to run a scan at certain time everyday, or in your case every 20 minutes. (strange)

    Very simple to figure out.
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  4. torchwood
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    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
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    My guess would be Macafee, phoning home to check for updates.
    (it usually comes as standard with Dell's)

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