How to Allow or Prevent Devices to Wake Up Computer
InformationThis will show you how to allow or prevent devices installed on your computer to be able to wake up your computer from sleep in Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.
You will need to be logged in as an administrator to be able to do this tutorial.
OPTION ONEUsing Device Manager
1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Device Manager icon.
2. To Prevent a Device from Waking up the ComputerA) Check and see a list of your installed devices that are able to wake up the computer to help know what devices to set in Device Manager. (see screenshot below) B) In Device Manager, expand the category (ex: Keyboards) that the device is under, then double click on the device (ex: Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard). (see screenshot below) C) Click/tap on the Power Management tab, uncheck the Allow this device to wake the computer box, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below) D) Close the command prompt.3. To Allow a Device to Wake up the ComputerA) In Device Manager, expand the category (ex: Keyboards) that the device is under, then double click on the device (ex: Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard). (see screenshot below step 2B)4. When finished, close Device Manager.
C) Click/tap on the Power Management tab, check the Allow this device to wake the computer box, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below step 2C)
OPTION TWOUsing an Elevated Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt in Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8.That's it,
2. To Prevent a Device from Waking up the ComputerA) Check to see a list of your installed devices that are able to wake up the computer to help know the device name (ex: Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard) to use in the command below. (see screenshot below) B) In the elevated command prompt, type in the command below and press enter.3. To Allow a Device to Wake up the Computer
WARNING: Be sure to write this device name down in case you want to be able to enable it again in step 3. Once you disable it, it will not be listed again in step 2A until enabled again.A) If you did not write down the device name (ex: Logitech HID-Compliant Keyboard) from step 2 that you disabled, then you can also look in Device Manager to see the name of the device. (see screenshot below) B) In the elevated command prompt, type in the command below and press enter. C) If opened from step 3A, you can close Device Manager now.4. When finished, close the elevated command prompt.
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