Windows 7 My computer will wake up at random times, but never right away.

[brennan]

I always put my computer to sleep at night.
Then during the night my computer will wake up, usually a good time after I put it to sleep.
I have checked my Wake on land, Mouse, and Keyboard. They are all set to not bring the computer out of sleep.

I set them via Device manager under the power tab, I un-check the power box. Then I come back the next day and all the boxes are checked again.

I don't know what to do, but this is becoming a huge issue having my computer wake me up at 3 in the morning.

 

[kemical]

Hi Brennan,

Have you tried changing the settings you can see in the screenshot?

 

[brennan]

I will change that and see if it helps.
Thanks.

 

[kemical]

K... I'll be back in the forum a little later so please let me know if you need further help..

 

[brennan]

Ok, I made the changes and it still turned it's self on. What else can I do?

 

[kemical]

Have you tried various settings?

 

[brennan]

Have you tried various settings?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, but I have checked everything I can think of.

 

[Joe S]

I had a similar problem with Vista I think there was a task set in Task Scheduler to wake computer and send to MS. Try disabling Windows Error reporting and see if that helps. If it does then look around in Task Scheduler.
Joe

 

[kemical]

Although for vista this guide might help: (step 6 is usually the fix)

Power Options and Sleep Mode Problems - Vista Forums

 

[brennan]

I figured out what is waking up my computer, but I don't know how to disable it.

 

[kemical]

Have you checked your task scheduler? See if there's a task set for the media centre and disable it..

 

[brennan]

Have you checked your task scheduler? See if there's a task set for the media centre and disable it..

Done, it was not there.

 

[kemical]

I did a little googling and this link may help?

Fix Windows Media Center Random Wake Up

 

[Joe S]

In the task scheduler you have to go to windows then windows error reporting and it's on the conditions tab. Another possibility is windows backup.
Joe