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Windows 11 goes to sleep even if a fileshare is in use
Windows 11 goes to sleep even if a fileshare is in use. Is there an easy fix for that, to restore the behavior of Windows 10 in this regard? If not, is a plain Windows Server able to host a S...
Yeah, Windows 11 tends to ignore active SMB sessions for sleep prevention — unlike Windows 10. There’s no simple fix, but you can use a small tool like Caffeinated or a PowerShell script to keep it awake while shares are active; Windows Server doesn’t sleep during active SMB use either.