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Old December 28th 17, 09:01 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
T
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Default PC insomnia

On 12/27/2017 11:09 PM, Optimist wrote:
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:40:12 -0800, T wrote:

On 12/27/2017 10:34 PM, Optimist wrote:
Why is it that very often the PC keeps awake? The monitor switches off OK, but whereas sometimes
the PC's light blinks indicating sleep, very often it just keeps going, sometimes for more than 24
hours.

I know W10 has to do housekeeping tasks like creating backups of the operating system but surely
these tasks can't take all that time?

I have looked at the task monitor during those times and apart from the time when it was downloading
a W10 update, there hasn't been excessive internet traffic which would might indicate a malware
infection.

I use the balanced power plan, with the recommended settings. I now use Kaspersky Internet
Security, but the behaviour occurred when I used AVG.

Any ideas please?


Hi Optimist,

You have "fast boot" enabled. Your computer is not actually "off", it
is in suspend.

I turn :fat boot" off on all my customer's machines and my own. That
way they get a boot boot when the power off and reboot.

Warning: Fast Boot will stay enabled until you do a real shutdown

winR shutdown /r /f /t 00

How to turn off Fast Boot:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/...dows-10-a.html

HTH,
-T




Thank you, T!


You are most welcome.

The bad news is that Windows is not a stable operating system. The
good news is that you can cope by shutting down or reboot once a day
and you will probably never discover what I am talking about.
You can't do that with Fast Boot enabled.

And, with Fast Boot enabled, M$ will wake your computer up when it
wants to to do whatever it what to it.

Plus computers are like car tires, the longer you use them, the quicker
they wear out.



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