Windows 10 (2004) - Does not sleep with Gamepad

Anonymous
2020-06-02T00:31:12+00:00

Hello,

after upgrading to Windows 10 (2004) my PC dies not go to sleep any more when I plug-in one of my gamepads / controllers. This happens with any of my 4 controllers (all of the same kind).

For the controllers (a USB cable Speedlink SL-650000-BK, XInput / Xbox 360 compatible) the following driver has been installed during the upgrade:

Xbox 360-Controller for Windows (08.12.2019 - 10.0.19041.1)

I do not know which driver has been installed before. Maybe the same? However, with 1909 everything worked perfectly.

I can even narrow down the problem. When the controller is plugged in, GetLastInputInfo (winuser.h) always returns that input has been given some ms ago. So Windows always gets input, but nobody is doing that physically, of course. Therefore, Windows does not sleep.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Sleep and Power on, off

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-20T21:57:26+00:00

    Actually, this answer help me. Just need to:

    1. Install old Xbox 360 driver: find it as «Xbox 360 Accessories Software 1.2». For example, that link work for me.
    2. Select another driver to Xbox controller via Device Manager, as was explained by flashmau5 (thanks!)

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T02:54:03+00:00

    I disable the joystick in the device manager and only after that my computer goes to sleep according to the power plan.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T01:11:33+00:00

    The one "workaround" I've found is to buy a USB hub with hardware switches used to turn the USB ports off and on.

    For example:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JX1ZS5O

    I keep my game controllers disconnected from by PC when I'm not using them by putting the USB hub switches in the off position.  This allows all of the sleep functions to work correctly.

    Still not the right solution, but this might help some people.  We should absolutely not have to purchase extra hardware as a workaround.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-01-22T00:32:51+00:00

    Sadly this problem still persists, I upgraded to 2004 thinking that it was stable by now, WRONG! I've wasted electricity and dozens and dozens of hours of my PC being idle doing nothing, never sleeping or my monitor, this is a huge deal, not only from an energetic standpoint but for the shelf life of the components of our PCs. Also I can't be going to the back of my PC all the time to disconnect my gamepad, is not easy! FIX THIS!

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-12-31T19:34:02+00:00

    Please post how you did it. please.

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