How to Enable or Disable to Allow Wake Timers in Windows 10
A wake timer is a timed event that wakes the PC from sleep and hibernate states at a specific time. For example, a task in Task Scheduler set with the "Wake the computer to run this task" check box checked.
Important wake timers are a new class of wake timer in Windows 10 that includes things like reboots after a Windows update that requires one. They supersede all other settings.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable to allow wake timers to wake the computer in Windows 10.
Contents
- Option One: Enable or Disable Allow Wake Timers in Power Options
- Option Two: Enable or Disable Allow Wake Timers in Command Prompt
- Option Three: Enable or Disable Allow Wake Timers using a BAT file
1 Open the advanced power settings of a power plan you want to enable or disable wake timers for.
2 Expand open Sleep and Allow wake timers. Select Enable, Disable (default on battery), or Important Wake Timers Only (default plugged in) for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)
1 Open a command prompt.
2 Copy and paste the command(s) below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter after each command. (see screenshots below)
(On battery: Disabled)
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 0
OR
(On battery: Enabled) - default
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 1
OR
(On battery: Important Wake Timers Only)
powercfg /SETDCVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 2
AND/OR
(Plugged in: Disabled)
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 0
OR
(Plugged in: Enabled) - default
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 1
OR
(Plugged in: Important Wake Timers Only)
powercfg /SETACVALUEINDEX SCHEME_CURRENT 238c9fa8-0aad-41ed-83f4-97be242c8f20 bd3b718a-0680-4d9d-8ab2-e1d2b4ac806d 2
Special thanks to Paul Black for providing the .bat file in this option.
1 Download the Enable_or_Disable_Allow_Wake_Timers.bat file below to your desktop.
2 Unblock the downloaded .bat file.
3 Run the .bat file.
4 If prompted by UAC, click/tap on Yes to approve running the .bat file elevated (run as administrator).
5 Type the number (0-6) for the option you want to use. (see screenshot below)
6 You can now close the command prompt if you like.
That's it,
Shawn
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Enable or Disable Wake Timers in Windows 10
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New #1
Allow wake timers.. checkbox is missing from my Power & Sleep advanced settings on one laptop but not the other (both Win10 v1909)! Fortunately the one that does have it is the one that was waking daily for UpdateOrchestrator scheduled tasks. Since I unchecked the wake, all is quiet. (fingers crossed)
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New #2
Hello WaterCat,
The available power options can vary per system depending on its hardware and settings.
Luckily, you can easily add Allow wake timers back to Power Options using an option in the tutorial below.
Add or Remove Allow wake timers to Power Options in Windows 10
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New #3
My Desktop turns on constantly regardless of whether I put it to Sleep, Shut Down, or Force Shut Down. It might turn on instanly, after 10 minutes, after an hour, near midnight etc.
There are several Tutorials here that deal with this . . .
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html
Change Automatic Maintenance Settings in Windows 10
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html
Can somebody please tell me what I should use to STOP my Desktop constantly turning itself on when it feels like it please?
I have WUA Manager which I thought Disabled WU's!
Thanks in advance.
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New #4
Hello Paul,
I would say the first step is to ID the wake source. Once you do that, you can see about disabling it.
See Wake Source in Windows 10
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New #6
Hello @Brink,
This is what I have discovered after running the procedures in the link you provided . . .
Most showed this . . .
. . . but I found a few of these further down . . .
. . . and then I found this . . .
What I was doing was to immediately shut the desktop down. Then it would startup again immediately or after 10 minutes, after an hour, near midnight etc. I have to switch the power off to stop it!
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Paul Black; 20 Mar 2020 at 06:09.
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New #8
@Paul Black,
It looks to be your network adapter is waking the computer.
Have you already unchecked the Allow this device to wake the computer box for this network adapter using option 2 below?
Allow or Prevent Devices to Wake Computer in Windows 10
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New #9
If your ethernet is waking your computer, try this quick check. Open Device Manager and locate your ethernet device - it's probably under Network controllers. Double click on it and see if there's a tab for power management where you can uncheck an item to allow it to "wake" your computer.
Enable or Disable Wake Timers in Windows 10
How to Enable or Disable to Allow Wake Timers in Windows 10Published by Shawn BrinkCategory: Performance & Maintenance
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