Computer wakes from sleep automatically every night

Anonymous
2019-07-03T12:00:53+00:00

I put my computer to sleep before going to bed, but the signon screen is brightly lit every morning. Furthermore, when I launch Windows Update, it never seems to finish searching for new updates. In searching for a cause of the waking, I have come across the following potentially useful information. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

>powercfg -lastwake

Wake History Count - 1

Wake History [0]

  Wake Source Count - 1

  Wake Source [0]

    Type: Wake Timer

    Owner: [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker)

    Owner Supplied Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Universal Orchestrator Start' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.

***Modified title from: windows 10 wakes from sleep EVERY night and the screen stays on until morning***

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Anonymous
2019-09-28T10:57:12+00:00

I think i found a fix that doesn't require downloading anything or complicated steps. 

It's worked for me so far.

1.  Go to: Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings (it may also be called Change plan settings)

     (you can alternatively just search for "Edit power plan" in the windows search bar)

  1. Click "change advanced power settings"

3. Go to "Sleep->Allow wake timers" and change the setting to Disable.

If this doesn't work, then using psexec like RichStevens2 suggested might be the way to go.

The directions i found on another forum was helpful:

"1. First go here to download PsTools. Extract it to a folder on your desktop. 

  1. Open Start and type cmd. Right-click the program and choose to run as administrator.
  2. Navigate to the folder where you extracted the tools by typing "cd C:\Users\Username\Desktop\Pstools", replace Username with your username and Pstools with the folder where you extracted the tools.
  3. When you have navigated to the correct folder, copy the following command without the quotes: "psexec.exe -i -s %windir%\system32\mmc.exe /s taskschd.msc".
  4. Open the command window and right click, choose paste. Press enter.
  5. Navigate to Task Scheduler Library -> Microsoft -> Windows -> UpdateOrchestrator.
  6. Right click the task called Reboot and click on Disable.
  7. The task should now be disabled"

Hopefully one of these two options works for ya'll

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-12-29T05:15:13+00:00

    This was working for me until a few days ago. When I check Reboot AC and Reboot Battery under UpdateOrchestrator using psexec, both have been disabled since 10/25. However, when I ran powercfg /lastwake, I got

    Wake History Count - 1

    Wake History [0]

      Wake Source Count - 1

      Wake Source [0]

        Type: Wake Timer

        Owner: [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker)

        Owner Supplied Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Universal Orchestrator Start' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.

    Is anybody else encountering this? Any suggestions? HarddiskVolume2 is my C: drive, according to diskpart, and that hasn't changed. Thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-12-29T15:27:30+00:00

    I'm on the same boat. From time to time my PC wakes up at night.

    I have disabled all Update Orchestrator tasks using psexec method. Still it happens randomly with the same /lastwake reason as yours (UpdateOrchestratorStart).

    Strangely only one of my multiple Win 10 PCs is affected by these random wakeups from sleep/hibernation (all at 1909).

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-01-04T17:15:18+00:00

    Here we are in January and still not solved - horrible.  I can confirm that using PSTOOLS to edit  the UpdateOrchestrator tasks (to disable "wake..") doesn't work - Windows simply resets it.  I can also confirm that many people post in forums that they do not have this problem (my experience is 1 out of 3). Possibly the reason for Microsoft ignoring it so long.

    Disabling "wake" in the Power settings works, albeit inconvenient for some people who run lengthy backups at night. Please post here if this problem ever does get fixed.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-01-04T23:46:57+00:00

    PDQpat  Go to YouTube and put this in the search bar 

    Windows 10 Computer Turns on by Itself FIX

    The first video on the list is by MD Tech  The video is like 4 minutes long, then it took me maybe 30 seconds to do what it says and fix the problem.  I've learned to never ask the creator of the problem.

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