I'm having an issue with my Windows 11 PC that keeps waking up at night, and I'm looking for some help to track down the cause. I recently got an OLED monitor, and while I love it, I want to avoid any potential burn-in from static images. I've set my display to turn off after 15 minutes of inactivity. However, I often find the screens fully on in the morning. My PC runs almost 24/7 as a personal server for my Plex library, and I've noticed it wakes up even when it shouldn't. I've tried checking the Event Viewer, but it's a bit overwhelming for me. Is there a way to identify what's causing my PC to wake up? I've ruled out my morning scripts since they shouldn't turn the monitor on. I'm hoping for solutions that don't involve turning off the monitor completely each night!
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Make sure to check your Windows Task Scheduler for any jobs running at night, like update checks. Sometimes, even if you change or delete these schedules, they might just come back. Unfortunately, I haven't found a perfect solution other than putting the PC into full hibernate mode.
Windows 11 has some issues with modern standby, but Microsoft has worked on fixing many of them. Make sure your system is up to date! You can also run the command `powercfg /sleepstudy` in the terminal to generate a report that may help identify what’s causing the wake-ups. It saves the report as an HTML file that could point you in the right direction.
Thanks, I'll take a look at that and see if I can find the problem!