My Win 11 PC won't wake up from sleep using the keyboard or mouse.

Anonymous
2023-01-25T16:43:18+00:00

My Win 11 PC can only wake up by pressing the power button. How do make it able to wake up using the keyboard or mouse?

I have checked the option that says "Enable wake up using mouse or keyboard" somewhere, but it doesn't make any difference.

My PC is updated to the latest system update.

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Anonymous
2023-04-11T11:52:48+00:00

My Win 11 PC can only wake up by pressing the power button. How do make it able to wake up using the keyboard or mouse?

I have checked the option that says "Enable wake up using mouse or keyboard" somewhere, but it doesn't make any difference.

My PC is updated to the latest system update.

I believe I found the solution, it is a Windows power-saving policy where USB power is cut off when the computer goes into sleep mode, so the keyboard receiver will not work, and the computer will not wake up as a result. You just need to disable this feature.

Settings > Energy e Battery > Energy Recommendations > Stop usb devices when my screen is off to save battery ----> Turn Off.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T22:30:08+00:00

    It doesn't work quite that way on Windows 11. Here's how it does work:

    SETTINGS/SYSTEM/POWER&BATTERY/ENERGY RECOMMENDATIONS/STOP USB DEVICES WHEN MY SCREEN IS OFF TO HELP SAVE BATTERY.

    Make sure that STOP USB DEVICES WHEN MY SCREEN IS OFF TO HELP SAVE BATTERY. is OFF.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-01-23T07:40:29+00:00

    My Win 11 PC can only wake up by pressing the power button. How do make it able to wake up using the keyboard or mouse?

    I have checked the option that says "Enable wake up using mouse or keyboard" somewhere, but it doesn't make any difference.

    My PC is updated to the latest system update.

    I have encountered this problem, possibly since a Wednesday, January 15 Microsoft update. I am able to get past the lock screen by pressing and holding CTRL+ALT+DEL on my keyboard.

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  3. Anonymous
    2025-01-15T08:06:13+00:00

    It's January 2025 and what a same problem, I'm going to upgrade my windows 11 OS to window 10, and downgrade the OS version from 11 to 10. This is how it must describe.

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-01-12T19:12:36+00:00

    @ClintGeer Thank you so much for your posted solution! Like you, I had tried all of the previously recommended solutions and none of them worked. Your solution using BIOS settings worked perfectly!

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