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
    2021-06-03T12:25:09+00:00

    Hi there,

    i have the same issue, when MS will fix it ?

    i disconect my USB dongle to get back normal situation ...

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-06-03T10:58:03+00:00

    Hey all,

    running this workaround for some days now and it works.

    I just sent back my switchable USB-Port.

    I figured out that there are additional programs which in some cases also block sleep mode (Discord for instance), but this is then not hardware related.

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-05-29T15:01:13+00:00

    Thanks. I just tried to disable/reenable via command prompt with your commands and my dongles ID it worked to toggle it.

    Now I'll just leave the dongle in today and see what happens. Worst case I was thinking something like this I put a batch on the desktop to disable,enable as a toggle. Annoying, but I wont have to keep reaching over and unplugging the dongle everytime.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-05-29T14:20:22+00:00

    I totally agree with you!

    It's really disappointing that such an error exists for more than 5 years.

    I guess the reason it popped up again since last year is because of MSFS2020 and the re-appearance of joysticks on PCs...

    In addition to my post above:
    I implemented a task using the task scheduler (Win+R -> type taskschd.msc -> Enter)

    Here I created a new task with "highest priviliges" checked to be done 30 seconds after user login.

    So far this now works for me.

    I just found out, that gifs within discord chat also keep PC from going to sleep mode... but that could be fixed by turning off auto-play for gifs within discord.

    Maybe this workaround can save some monitors and nerves.

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