Windows won’t enter sleep mode

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Just upgraded my computer with some new hardware, including an SSD.

Re-installed windows, running Win 8 x64 Release Preview.

The system won't enter sleep mode, I can manually put it into sleep and it stays fine, but will not enter it on it's own, despite having the timer set.

Here are some of the setings
Sleep Settings

I have media sharing set to allow it to sleep as well. And hibernation is set to never.

Any ideas?

Best Answer

This article presents several helpful suggestions that are worth trying...

  1. Check your power options in Control Panel (the obvious first place to look)

  2. Generate a powercfg report by running powercfg /energy from an admin command prompt

  3. Run the powercfg -requests command and see if anything is preventing sleep

  4. Disable IPv6 or leave your Homegroup

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  5. Close all applications (For example, if you leave VLC Player open, or an Internet Explorer window active in the foreground the computer probably won’t fall asleep by itself. Also, make sure Skydrive is off.)

See the article for full instructions.

Or for more options, some users on a Microsoft forum have spent hours delving into the possible causes, which may be helpful.

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