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Windows 11 January 2026 patch regresses S3 sleep and Secure Launch
Microsoft’s January servicing wave for Windows 11 has produced a focused but irritating regression: after installing the January cumulative updates some older desktops using the classic S3 sleep state and certain configurations can no longer enter sleep properly — in some reports the machine...- ChatGPT
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- out-of-band patch power management sleep issues windows 11
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- Forum: Windows News
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Fix Intermittent Sleep/Wake Issues on Windows 10/11 (Step-by-Step)
Fix Intermittent Sleep/Wake Issues on Windows 10/11 (Step-by-Step) Difficulty: Beginner | Time Required: 20-25 minutes Welcome to a practical, step-by-step guide to tackle those annoying intermittent sleep/wake problems. Whether your PC wakes up unexpectedly, or refuses to sleep properly, this...- ChatGPT
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- driver issues power settings sleep issues windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Tutorials
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Fixing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Issues After Laptop Sleep: Proven Solutions
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections vanishing after your laptop wakes from sleep can feel like your computer is playing tricks on you. If you've ever experienced your wireless connectivity leaving you stranded mid-download—or mid-video call—you’re not alone. This issue often stems from the intricate...- ChatGPT
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- bluetooth driver issues power management sleep issues wifi windows
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- Forum: Windows News
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windows 11 think's it's in preinstallation after rebuilding the bcd store
One day i tried to start my pc and got the blue screen with the code: 0xc00000e and following an tutorial i formated the 100mb boot partition and rebuild it with the command bcdboot c:\windows /l en-us /s z: /f UEFI My windows booted fine after that but thinks whare not right. The first...- andybn1
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- bcd blue screen boot issues boot manager command line error codes hibernate installation issues reagentc recovery partition sleep issues troubleshooting update windows 11 windows pe
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Sleeps despite settings, can't wake it up
I'm running Windows 11 22h2 on a Dell XPS 8950 desktop. My power settings specify Never sleep and never turn off screen. I run a screen saver app. I shut down my computer every night and power up (so boot) the next day. Many days I'm at my computer most of the day, or at least on-and-off. Some...- Kay9835
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- black screen blue screen boot issues dell desktop device manager hardware settings new build power management power settings restart safe mode screensaver sleep issues troubleshooting update user experience wake up windows 11
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 BSOD w/ fresh Win10
Hello all, been having some trouble with Win10 as it's been BSOD often. Had to put it off until recently and I had thought I fixed it with some outdated drivers for my Scarlett 2i4 and some graphic drivers but it has come back in full force. Decided to start fresh with a new Win10 22H2 install...- gerald191146
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- bsod clean install community crash diagnostics dism drivers error firefox graphics memtest86 performance scarlett 2i4 sfc sleep issues support system restore troubleshooting update windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Laptop won't wake from sleep; chkdsk fixes problem, temporarily
My Windows 10 laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad X220) is failing to wake from sleep. It goes to sleep normally but after half a minute the sleep light goes off (it should stay on), and when I press the button (which should wake it) it reboots, then works normally. The problem occurs on both battery and...- tallphil
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- chkdsk diagnostics driver issues error hardware laptop lenovo performance power management reboot sleep issues system restore temporary fix troubleshooting windows 10 x220
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Windows Explorer crashes (and restarts) after waking up from sleep every time
Hello! Windows Explorer crashes on my desktop every time I wake the PC from sleep. It starts up again after 2-3 seconds, but some of my taskbar icons disappear (like FX Sound Enhancer, AMD Adrenaline etc.). I am not sure if this started happening after an update or not, but as far as I can...- olat
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- amd ryzen audio enhancement chkdsk error reporting file explorer graphics graphics driver pc performance pc specs sfc scan sleep issues software update ssd storage system crash system restore troubleshooting user support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Issues with Sleep Mode and Networking Access on Windows 10 PCs
Having some troubles with sleep mode not sleeping at all. And networking on home PC's (W10 x64 Pro 1903 both computers) are not allowing access to shared folders between computers. I did some mild research on both issues. In regards to the networking issue, I got it to semi work reading from my...- spook84
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- access issues computer issues error resolution file access home pc network network location pro version shared folders sleep issues sleep mode storage pc troubleshooting version 1903 windows 10 x64
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 Wake from sleep issue
After the system goes to sleep once I awake it it hangs at the Windows screen (where time is shown left corner). After a bit I'm greeted with BSOD stating... DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION This is a clean install of Windows 10 Pro 1909 18363.535. When I hit the power button (after the diagnostic runs...- udidwht
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- bsod clean install core i7 crucial mx500 diagnostics dpc watchdog drivers fast startup gigabyte hardware hibernate hid devices minidump performance powercfg sleep issues system specs troubleshooting wake timers windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Weird Win 10 Problem
So when my Win 10 laptop goes to sleep because of inactivity, or I put it to sleep, when I then log back in, a session of www.bing.com pops up? I never use Bing. Any idea why this is happening? Ray- rayj00
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- bing browser inactivity laptop login issues session restore sleep issues troubleshooting user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Sleep/Shutdown Not Working Correctly
When I try to enter sleep mode the screen goes blank, the power light stays on solid for several minutes, then the welcome/sign on screen comes back on. If I sign on and then hit sleep again it works correctly - screen goes blank and power light flashing. Similar thing happens with shutdown -...- wasAguru
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- driver issues fast startup hardware issues hdd recognition power light power management power settings screen issue shutdown issues sign-in issues sleep issues sleep mode system performance tech support troubleshooting usb user experience windows 10 windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Crashes when waking up from sleep
Specs: OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit CPU: Intel Core i7 4790k (Not OC'ed) RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory / Crucial Technology 8GB 1600 DDR3 PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 220-G2-0750-XR 80+ GOLD HDD(s): Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard...- Shenji
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- bsod corsair memory device manager evga psu intel i7 internal_power_error motherboard msi gpu performance power settings seagate sleep issues system specs tech support troubleshooting update usb settings user experience windows 7 windows forum
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 [!!!] BSOD/Black screen after wake up from sleep
Please help, it's eating me alive! My pc crashes (BSOD, black screen (display dosen't even turn on, LED "hard drive working" indicator dosen't even flash, it's off) or to wallpaper then I scroll up to enter my password/pin and I can't type anything, then after a few seconds, boom BSOD...- raxor1234
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- amd black screen bsod critical process died drivers driver_power_state_failure gtx 750 ti hardware issues memory management mobo overheating psu ram sleep issues storage system freeze troubleshooting unexpected store exception version 1709 windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 10 Windows 10 Pro Sleep Problem
I have been having a problem with Windows 10 Pro will not sleep for at least a month. No matter what I do it would not sleep. It would Hibernate just fine, and the Display would sleep, but not the PC. In Event Viewer I kept seeing something like "???never sleepagain???? listed relating to Intel...- jyeagley3
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- computer issues drivers event viewer hardware hibernate intel power management pro settings sleep sleep issues software conflict system performance troubleshooting user experience windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Can't Wake Computer From Sleep
ASUS P5Q Pro Turbo Motherboard Corsair 750 Watt Power Supply Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Processor 2.83GHz 4 GB RAM Windows 10 Home x64 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 555 [w/ Latest Gaming Drivers] ASUS Xonar DG PCI 5.1 Audio Card Hello. I'm running Windows 10 Home x64 and whenever I put it to sleep, I am...- Legna
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- 4gb ram asus computer wake desktop issues driver update gaming drivers hardware home edition intel legacy systems nvidia power supply quad core sleep issues sound card system performance troubleshooting user support windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Getting BSOD on Wake from Sleep (Faulty_Hardware_Corrupted_Page)
Hello. First time posting so I tried to read the rules on what's expected and have collected the dump file and other info that I will attach. As stated in the title I keep getting an annoying BSOD that states "FAULTY_HARDWARE_CORRUPTED_PAGE" and I first tried to search online for this issue...- XEROenvy
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- bsod corrupted page crash dump files error forum hardware hardware issues help memory performance ram sleep issues software system stability tech support troubleshooting user issues wake issues windows
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 BSOD when Waking from Sleep
Hello I am having trouble with BSODs when my computer wakes up from sleep. It doesnt happen all the time, but at least 1 in 3 times it happens. Usually when the computer is left sleeping overnight, when i come back in the morning and try to wake it up it will show a BSOD. If i put it to sleep...- Mike88e
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- bsod corrupted files hardware sleep issues sleep mode ssd syba card system scan troubleshooting windows error
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8 reset Win 8.1
After a reset all is fine except I have lost sleep. I have followed all the Google advice but nothing. I went to power advanced and clicked 'features that are not visible''. I tried everything I could but still I only have restart and shut off. I found a cmd prompt that did not work which makes...- Peterr
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- command prompt features lost functionality power settings reset settings sleep issues troubleshooting user experience windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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Windows 10 10074-System not staying asleep.
I can put my system to sleep and it will wake up after about 5 seconds. I found something I had not seen before and was wondering if anyone knew what it was. As far as I know, I do not have any streaming music happening. I just changed my power settings to see if the Multimedia Streaming...- Saltgrass
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- audio drivers computer wake cortana power settings powercfg realtek registry sleep issues streaming windows 10
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support