Scheduled Task not waking up PC.

jslegers · 26 Dec 2016

Hello,

I have made a scheduled task with the option to wake up the pc from sleep state to run a program.
When I tick the option Wake the computer to run this task the computer won't wake up at the given time.

I have red in a forum of MS that this was a problem in the earlier builds of Windows 10 and that in build 10240 it was solved.

I'm running Windows 10 Build 14393.576.
Running on a Asus Z87 Expert with latest BIOS (2103)
2 Nvidia Cards

Has anyone seen this problem also?

I have also tried a to wake up from the BIOS with a timer but that also doesn't work.

So i don't know if this is a Windows 10 problem or Mainboard problem.

Caledon Ken · 26 Dec 2016

Just to be sure, if you check you power plan advance settings, under sleep there is a section "Wake Timers".

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

jslegers · 26 Dec 2016

I have checked that and it is enabled.

I now use the program TimeComX and that one wakes up the pc. So the method works. Looks like a Windows 10 issue maybe.

jslegers · 27 Dec 2016

I'm going to test it on a VM. I will let you know.

VM Doesn't support sleep.
I will try something else.

Tested on a test laptop and there it works. Looks my installation is broken. I will do a repair on my installation.

Caledon Ken · 27 Dec 2016

When you enter the task into Windows if you then go to a command prompt(admin) and enter powercfg /waketimers your task should be listed. If not Windows still doesn't know about it for what ever reason.

jslegers · 27 Dec 2016

Caledon Ken said:

When you enter the task into Windows if you then go to a command prompt(admin) and enter powercfg /waketimers your task should be listed. If not Windows still doesn't know about it for what ever reason.

Thanks for the tip I will test it.

throkr · 27 Dec 2016

FWIW : is the option to ask for the password coming out of sleep unchecked (in the screensaver settings) ?

jslegers · 27 Dec 2016

Caledon Ken said:

When you enter the task into Windows if you then go to a command prompt(admin) and enter powercfg /waketimers your task should be listed. If not Windows still doesn't know about it for what ever reason.

This is what I get :

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393](c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.C:\Windows\system32>powercfg /waketimersTimer set by [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume4\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker) expires at 19:27:30 on 28-12-2016. Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Notepad' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.C:\Windows\system32>

Notepad is for testing. It won't wakeup.

jslegers · 27 Dec 2016

throkr said:

FWIW : is the option to ask for the password coming out of sleep unchecked (in the screensaver settings) ?

That has been unchecked.

chok · 15 Oct 2017

If the task wakes up the computer but gets stuck in the login screen use the group policy to add your username into this:

Code:

Computer Configuration-->Policies-->Windows Settings-->Security Settings-->Local Policies-->User Rights Assignment--> allow logon locally

Edit: Better solution: Just don't use the option "run even if not logged on" (the task doesn't need to be log on to work)