Win10-Computer turns itself on.

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

So I upgraded to Windows 10 about a month ago via clean install and I like it so far but I've noticed recently that my system will randomly turn on. At first I though it might be power surges but I had a friend of mine test the outlets in my house and they were fine. Next I checked power settings in the BIOS but found nothing. My power settings in Windows is set to balanced (1 hour for monitor sleep & never to turn PC off). Also my updates are current. At this point I'm not sure what the next step I should take is, any help is appreciated.

Another thing I've noticed is a few times i've turned off the system my mouse & keyboard LEDs stay on.

R_1 · Jul 12, 2016

if the mouse and keyboard are usb, that is normal. the PSU will power usb even when computer is off.
is wake on lan enabled?

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

Well I just went into Device Manager and Unchecked the boxes for "Allow this device to wake the computer" and made sure this box "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" is checked.

Is Wake on Lan in the Device manager?

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

Ok found it, its the same settings as I just posted.

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

I did find this link I'm going through, obviously wont know until the system if off for awhile if the changes I made are actually working though.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/stop-windows-computer-randomly-waking/

EDIT: Wake Timer was enabled, wondering if it was turning on the PC for updates...

R_1 · Jul 12, 2016

if its on and the ip is pinged it will turn on the PC.
I have most often found this to be the reason for phantom startups.
also check the BIOS/UEFI as there should be a setting there too

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

So I went into BIOS > Advanced > ACPI Configuration and noticed a settings called RTC Alarm Power On which has 3 settings, Enabled, Disabled, OS Only which from the details allows (was set to OS Only) the OS to turn the system on for w/e reason. I did disable it so hopefully between doing that and going through my device manager settings my system will stop turning on.

I did however notice when I restarted my system to go into BIOS that the system was updating and I think this was the cause of my system turning on. In the Windows Update screen it does have two options for how updates are installed, 1: Automatic 2: Notify to schedule updates. Do you think selecting the second option will help?

R_1 · Jul 12, 2016

I only used windows 10 during beta testing. I'm not sure if that will help or not.
I advise trying it.

WildCard999 · Jul 12, 2016

Ill give it a shot, I did upgrade from Win7 Pro > (free) >Win10 Pro so I could actually defer upgrades but it doesn't actually stop them. Ill try the settings I changed and see if fixed it, thanks for the help R_1.

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