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Windows 11 Refuses to Sleep Because of a 'Legacy USB Audio Driver' That Isn't Even Plugged In
My Windows 11 system refuses to enter sleep mode, and I keep receiving a message indicating that a legacy USB audio driver is preventing it from sleeping, even though I do not have any USB audio ...
Hi Amirioh, I’d start by asking Windows exactly what is blocking sleep with powercfg /requests and what is allowed to wake the machine with powercfg /devicequery wake_armed. Also turn on hidden devices in Device Manager and remove old USB audio devices from there; once you know the exact driver name, you can update it, remove the stale driver package, or add a targeted power request override.