Most Windows PC users prefer to use sleep and hibernate features on their laptops or notebooks. In fact, most of them use Hibernate functionality most of the time to quickly resume their work. Although the Hibernate feature is enabled by default on Windows 11/10, you can enable or disable the Hibernate feature on Windows 11/10/8 machines.
When the computer or laptop is in sleep state, you can wake it up by moving your mouse or pressing any key on the keyboard. But you may want to prevent the mouse/keyboard from waking up your computer or laptop due to accidental mouse movement or key presses.
If you don't like waking your computer from a mouse or keyboard, you can disable this feature with a few mouse clicks. Once you have disabled or disabled wake from mouse and keyboard, you need to press the power button to wake up your PC.
This article will guide you to prevent mouse/keyboard from waking Windows machine from sleep mode in Windows 11/10/8/7.
How to prevent keyboard from waking Windows in Windows 11/10/8/7?
If you want to prevent a Windows PC from waking up using a mouse, click the Start menu or button and search for devmgmt.msc or Device Manager.
In the available search results, click on devmgmt.msc or Device Manager.
In the list of hardware categories, expand Keyboards to avoid waking your computer.
Double-click the Keyboard device to open its Properties dialog box.
Switch to the Power Management tab.
Uncheck the “Allow this device to wake the computer” box.
Quick note: To allow the keyboard to wake the computer, you need to check the box above.
Finally, click on the OK button.
Once you complete the above steps, the keyboard will not wake up Windows on your PC.
How to stop mouse from waking Windows in Windows 11/10/8/7?
If you want to stop waking Windows PC from sleep mode using a mouse, click the Start menu or button and search for devmgmt.msc or Device Manager.
In the available search results, click on devmgmt.msc or Device Manager.
In the list of hardware categories, expand Mouse to avoid waking up your computer.
Double-click the mouse to open its Properties dialog box.
Switch to the Power Management tab.
Uncheck the “Allow this device to wake the computer” box.
Quick note: To allow the mouse to wake the computer, you need to check the box above.
Finally, click on the OK button.
Once you complete the above steps, the mouse will not wake up Windows on your PC.
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00:00 Introduction
01:16 How to prevent keyboard from waking Windows in Windows 11/10/8/7?
02:11 How to prevent mouse from waking up Windows in Windows 11/10/8/7?
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