I have a Dell desktop with Windows 8 and it will wake up from sleep mode if not in use for awhile but if left for longer periods it goes into sleep mode and will not wake up. I have tried to wake it touching mouse touching power button using windows key + C no results unless I do a hard power down Now it has started to download windows updates without installing them The best I saved for last...it will not shut down it only goes into Power Save mode very frustrating...suggestions please?

Two computers, one Dell XPS 8500, one HP, have the same issue. Does not matter what I try to do, the computer won't wake up. I believe it is because of Windows 8 as I never had this issue before with other windows.

No, it's not a bit "crazy". It's BY DESIGN. Want to know something zany? When I THINK I'm shutting down my computer - because, you know, that's what the dialog box says I'm doing - I'm not! It goes to sleep instead!!! Isn't it good to know that your machine is running all night when you think it's shut down AND UNPLUGGED? The event log just says, "Entering a sleep state - API" but doesn't ever tell me WHICH application caused this. Is this the "back door" MS has been accused of hiding? Because it sure runs all night when it wants to, forget that I told it to shut down. Forget that there is no "Energy Star" program on my machine. Forget that I set up Control Panel to NEVER SLEEP under any combo of circumstances. Why would that not be tested? Just about all models and makes are reporting this problem, and MS does exactly nothing to fix it. Could it possibly be that they actually are - follow me closely now - sending data over the internet without our knowledge and consent? Naaahhhhh.....

Yes, I too have the same problem! Windows 8 has a mind of it's own.....it shuts down, goes to sleep and will wake up when it's good and ready! Otherwise, I have to do a hard power down so I can use the computer when I want!! What's wrong with this picture.....yes, I have tried your so called fixes and they do not fix a thing....this is crazy!!

windows 8.1 come with spyware. so Microsoft can stealing the information from your computer. buy the apple computer.mac-air $899.

windows 8 won't wake up from sleep mode

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I have a Dell desktop with Windows 8 and it will wake up from sleep mode if not in use for awhile but if left for longer periods it goes into sleep mode and will not wake up. I have tried to wake it

touching mouse
touching power button
using windows key + C
no results unless I do a hard power down

Now it has started to download windows updates without installing them

The best I saved for last...it will not shut down it only goes into Power Save mode

very frustrating...suggestions please?

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Was having this same problem and I fixed it. Check to make sure it's actually not waking! In my case the computer itself was waking but the display adapter was not. I could hear the processor fan come back on, the hard drives spin up, but nothing on my screen. In my BIOS, there was an option to not let the integrated graphics adapter sleep. It was called "RC6 Render Standby" and I turned it off -- fixed!

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2014-06-24T01:10:20+00:00

Two computers, one Dell XPS 8500, one HP, have the same issue. Does not matter what I try to do, the computer won't wake up. I believe it is because of Windows 8 as I never had this issue before with other windows.
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2014-06-23T15:11:10+00:00

No, it's not a bit "crazy". It's BY DESIGN.

Want to know something zany? When I THINK I'm shutting down my computer - because, you know, that's what the dialog box says I'm doing - I'm not! It goes to sleep instead!!! Isn't it good to know that your machine is running all night when you think it's shut down AND UNPLUGGED? The event log just says, "Entering a sleep state - API" but doesn't ever tell me WHICH application caused this.

Is this the "back door" MS has been accused of hiding? Because it sure runs all night when it wants to, forget that I told it to shut down. Forget that there is no "Energy Star" program on my machine. Forget that I set up Control Panel to NEVER SLEEP under any combo of circumstances.

Why would that not be tested? Just about all models and makes are reporting this problem, and MS does exactly nothing to fix it. Could it possibly be that they actually are - follow me closely now - sending data over the internet without our knowledge and consent?

Naaahhhhh.....
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2014-06-20T19:14:53+00:00

Yes, I too have the same problem! Windows 8 has a mind of it's own.....it shuts down, goes to sleep and will wake up when it's good and ready! Otherwise, I have to do a hard power down so I can use the computer when I want!! What's wrong with this picture.....yes, I have tried your so called fixes and they do not fix a thing....this is crazy!!
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2014-05-22T00:10:49+00:00

windows 8.1 come with spyware. so Microsoft can stealing the information from your computer. buy the apple computer.mac-air $899.
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