Comments on: Fix Windows Vista/7 Sleep mode from waking up by itself

By: LC

LC — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:29:17 +0000

I has the same problem and found the solution :

In the Task Scheduler go to : Microsoft -> Windows -> Media Center

Then, open the task “mcupdate_scheduled” and uncheck “Wake this computer to run this task” in the conditions tab.

Enjoy ! Don’t know why it’s on by default.

By: Steve Miller

Steve Miller — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:26:58 +0000

Thanks for this post. I have massive issues with this since I currently need a laptop battery and never turn my laptop off. I am just tired of waking up in the morning and having to reboot to the windows black choice screen

By: Michael Aulia

Michael Aulia — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:48:23 +0000

Ugh.. I’m sorry I can’t help you on this. Have you found out the solution? Maybe try updating your network card’s driver?

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:22:44 +0000

Michael,
Thanks for this article, but I’m still having trouble. I know the problem is the network card (Trendnet USB) cause I can unplug it and the system sleeps like a baby. I’ve checked all the things you say to check, but when I use powercfg -lastwake, it says “wake history count – 1, wake shistory[0], wake source count – 0″

I’m using an Asus P5WD2 Premium MB and I never had this problem till I installed Vista (now running windows 7 ultimate 32). I’m really stumped, any suggestions??
Thanks,
Mitch

By: 123kleertjes

123kleertjes — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:38:03 +0000

Thank you for this posting!