Sleeping problems go back to the early days of 8.1 Preview so am not expecting a quick fix.
windows 8.1 won't go into sleep mode,
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Upgraded to windows 8.1 on my HP, since then it fails to go into sleep mode. I have had it set up for 20 mins, and never had this problem before. I have tried to change it to 25 mins. no change. Also stopped live update on windows 8 screen still no difference>
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2013-11-13T21:39:50+00:00 Good. though it didn't cure mine, I keep plugging away. Been I contact with HP support. Guess MS didn't quite fix it all yet.
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Anonymous
2013-11-13T21:29:23+00:00 Unfortunately yesterday's Windows Update didn't help me.
In fact initially was worse.
So set everything back to default settings. Set up a new HomeGroup with only 2 members my insomniac HP- Desktop (Win 8.1 64 bit) and my Acer - Tablet (Win 8.1 32 bit) and neither went to sleep (Acer not a problem before.)
Left HomeGroup (both computers) using the Modern UI - Settings - PC Settings - Network - HomeGroup. Then under Connections - set Find Devices and Content to OFF. I didn't change anything under Advanced Sharing Settings but noticed that as a result Network Discovery was now OFF and the changes turned both HomeGroup services off.
30 minutes later the insomniac desktop was back to sleep.
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Anonymous
2013-11-13T20:27:41+00:00 After upgrading to Windows 8.1 I had the same problem. The windows update files of 11/12/2013, when installed solved the problem for me, on a Dell desktop Inspiron 23 Touch.
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Anonymous
2013-11-11T16:21:05+00:00 Sent them a note, not sure if it will help. I keep checking for updates and having found any yet.