Diagnosing a Windows standby exit problem

1 min read · Updated 23 September 2023

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A new video showing how to diagnose a standby exit problem in Windows.

This can be useful if your computer wakes from sleep or boots unexpectedly.

For Windows standby problems, see this video:
https://www.altf4-formation.fr/en/diagnose-a-monitoring-problem-under-windows

Commands used in the video

# Show information about what took the PC out of the last standby.
powercfg -lastwake
# Or (powercfg accepts -or / for parameters)
powercfg /lastwake
# List the peripherals that can wake the PC from standby
powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
# Check whether wake-up timers are active
powercfg -waketimers
# List enabled scheduled tasks that can wake the PC from standby
Get-ScheduledTask | Where-Object { ($_.settings.waketorun) -and ($_.State -ne "Disabled") }
# Display events related to the watch
Get-WinEvent -ProviderName Microsoft-Windows-Power-Troubleshooter | Out-GridView

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