{"id":3341,"date":"2011-12-26T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-12-25T23:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2013-08-09T16:24:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T06:24:35","slug":"why-wont-windows-automatically-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/why-wont-windows-automatically-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Won’t Windows Automatically Sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, I reinstalled Windows 7 from scratch after putting a brand new OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 solid state driv<\/a>e in my desktop computer but since then my computer hasn’t been going to sleep automatically after its nightly backup. After a bit of research, I found that I needed to use the powercfg<\/strong>\u00a0tool to see what was keeping the computer from going to sleep.<\/p>\n

Specifically, you need to open an administrative command prompt<\/a> and then type in the following command:<\/p>\n

powercfg \/requests<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You should then end up with something looking like this:<\/p>\n

\"Powercfg<\/a>

Powercfg Command<\/p><\/div>\n

As you can see, there is an entry under the System heading:<\/p>\n

[DRIVER] \\FileSystem\\srvnet
\nAn active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can even run a power efficiency diagnostics report by running the following command (after you close all of your files and applications):<\/p>\n

powercfg -energy\u00a0-output %USERPROFILE%\\Desktop\\Energy_Report.html<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After sixty seconds, this will create a file called Energy_Report.html<\/strong>\u00a0on your desktop which you can open and check the file for items that contains the phrase “The device or driver has made a request to prevent the system from automatically entering sleep.” You may also see a reference to \\FileSystem\\svnet towards the top of the report.<\/p>\n

So how do you fix it?<\/p>\n

There are a few things. The first thing you should try is updating the driver for your network card(s). The best place to check for these are the manufacturer website if you bought your computer pre-built or the manufacturer of your motherboard (if it’s a built in network card) or the manufacturer of your network card (if it’s a dedicated card).<\/p>\n

The second thing to try is disabling media streaming. To get there you’ll need to browser to:<\/p>\n