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How to keep my laptop from waking while the lid is closed?
I suppose the title is pretty much all there is to it. I have a Windows 11 laptop, and my only issue with it is that it will still wake from sleep while it's closed, and it's quiet enough that I don't notice for a while if there's any other sound in the room, so it just sits there heating itself with the lid shut. Is there any hidden setting or something that'll make it never wake while closed no matter what? Thanks!
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Just came back to find my laptop with the fans running flat out. This is basic stuff. I shouldn't have to be fiddling with seconds to stop this happening.
If you have wake up for Keyboard/Mouse enabled, it will wake up when there is slight movement on it, even when the lid is shut. So you can disable this feature from Device manager.
I put it in hibernation mode. I do: Windows key+X>U>H
Nice, love the keyboard shortcuts there.
1. Open Control Panel > Power Options
Click “Change Plan Settings” next to the current power plan
Select “Change Advanced Power Settings”
Expand “Power Buttons and Covers” > “Close cover operation”
Battery Mode: Set to “Hibernate” or “Power Off”.
Power on: Same as above
Click on Apply → OK
2. In Advanced Power Settings:
Expand “Sleep” > “Allow Wake Timer”.
Battery and Power are both set to “Disable”.
3. Run Command Prompt as administrator and type:
cmd
powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
List the devices that can wake the computer (e.g. mouse, keyboard)
4. Disable specific devices:
cmd
powercfg -devicedisablewake “device name”
5. Open Device Manager > System Devices
Right click on “Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery”.
Select “Update Driver” or “Rollback Driver”.
6. Press Win + R and type regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power
Create a new DWORD (32-bit) named “LidReliability” and set the value to 1
Reboot your computer
