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
    2024-03-10T13:00:55+00:00

    I was one of you, who got really frustrated for this problem. Tried many things, all mentioned here. Nothing worked. At last, the unchecking the checkbox Turn on Fast Startup solved the problem for me. This setting can be changed in the following link. Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options\System Settings. the select "Choose what the power button do" >>change settings that are currently unavailable

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-02T00:24:41+00:00

    The suggestion offered by Artie-1 is the only one that comes close to a solution.

    Who ever suggested [back in April 2023] "Energy e battery" is not living on this planet -- there is no "Energy e Battery" is Windows 11 -- wake up dude.

    The best way to tackle this issue is in Device Manager: Select Keyboard and Mouse Power Management and check for computer to wake from this devices. Also under Device Manager, select all of the line items named USB Input Device. For each of these, select Power Management and uncheck the box that says "Allow Computer to turn off this device".

    I am attempted to solve the Win 11 does not wake from sleep problem with the options mentioned above -- I trust that these may solve the issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T13:52:23+00:00

    None of the suggested fixes worked for me, but I finally fixed it by going into BIOS settings (MSI motherboard...(del key on restart) and changing a setting in the advanced menus to allow USB to wake from sleep. Works now.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-03T07:01:48+00:00

    I do not have this setting listed. Maybe because mine is a is desktop machine?

    But I'm still having the same issue as the OP. Trying to just shut off letting the computer go to sleep at all.

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