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
    2021-05-12T16:59:53+00:00

    Yea, thats the kicker. I know it WAS a problem. And figured it is what it is. Then it went away. So now that its back, I'd like some answers. Yes or No, not this flip flopping.

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-05-11T21:24:44+00:00

    we all waiting answer here  around 2 years :> welcome

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-11T20:30:04+00:00

    I have the official Sony bluetooth dongle for dualshock 4 and the behavior has been weird. Initially if I left it in my PC it would never enter sleep mode.

    So during covid I was doing work from home and decided to make this work FOR me by plugging it into my work PC so it wouldnt sleep. The pc went to sleep. So I try back in my pc and oddly it would sleep again. I dont recall the version, maybe 1909, etc.

    I havent used my controller for 3 months or so. I plug it in today and surprise, the old behavior is back. I know windows hustled me into an update 1-2 weeks ago so I will assume that was it.

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

    Please post how you did it. please.

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