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My pc only stays in sleep mode for a few hours. (windows 7 64 bit)

Does anybody know why it doesnt stay in sleep mode all night?

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Dec 26, 2009. 3:37 AMlemonie says:
Something will be waking it up. Do you have any scheduled tasks, do you leave it connected to the internet, why not turn it off?

L
Dec 26, 2009. 8:17 AMorksecurity says:
Or there's a bit of jitter in your mouse input, or your cat is walking on the keyboard, or...
Dec 26, 2009. 8:32 AMlemonie says:
...boggarts?

L

Dec 29, 2009. 12:09 PMlemonie says:
It's likely that some tasks / internet activity are waking the machine up. You could try to configure the thing to shutdown after the tasks have run.
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L

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