How to Allow or Prevent Devices to Wake Computer in Windows 10


This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent devices to wake your Windows 10 PC from a sleep or hibernate state.

You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to allow prevent devices to wake the computer.

Contents

• Option One: To Allow or Prevent a Device to Wake Computer in Command Prompt
• Option Two: To Allow or Prevent a Device to Wake Computer in Device Manager

OPTION ONE

To Allow or Prevent a Device to Wake Computer in Command Prompt

1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Do step 3 (allow) or step 4 (prevent) below for what you would like to do.

3 To Allow Device to Wake the Computer

A) Type the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

This will give you a list of all devices that support waking the computer from any sleep state.

Make note of the device name (ex: "HID Keyboard Device") you want to allow to wake the computer.

powercfg -devicequery wake_from_any

B) Type the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)

powercfg -deviceenablewake "Device Name"

Substitute Device Name in the command above with the actual name of the device.

For example: powercfg -deviceenablewake "HID Keyboard Device"

4 To Prevent Device to Wake the Computer

A) Type the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)

This will give you a list of all devices that are able to wake the computer.

Make note of the device name (ex: "HID Keyboard Device") you want to prevent to wake the computer.

powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

B) Type the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. You can close the command prompt when finished. (see screenshot below)

powercfg -devicedisablewake "Device Name"

Substitute Device Name in the command above with the actual name of the device.

For example: powercfg -devicedisablewake "HID Keyboard Device"

OPTION TWO

To Allow or Prevent a Device to Wake Computer in Device Manager

1 Open Device Manager (devmgmt.msc).

2 Expand open the device category (ex: Keyboards), and double click/tap on the device (ex: "HID Keyboard Device") that you want to allow or prevent to wake the computer. (see screenshot below)

3 Check or uncheck the Allow this device to wake the computer box for what you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

4 When finished, you can close Device Manager if you like.

That's it,
Shawn

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