Then go to Configure … (be sure to have the right one highlighted)
You should see your local area connection To fix the problem go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections On the other hand, if you are connected by wifi, most network adaptors will turn off the device when it goes to sleep. Because of the fact that when you put your computer into sleep, or even when you turn off your computer your Ethernet adaptor is not completely powered off. This problem almost always happen on a desktop computer that are connected by Ethernet. What could it be the reason when my Windows 7 just randomly wakes up ?Īfter research I found the problem, it’s your computer’s network controller adapter that wakes up your computer. What else could it be ? Sure if you touch the keyboard it will wake up, but I know it’s not the keyboard that cause the problem. It’s frustrating because I know that moving my mouse won’t wake up, since I’ve already disabled the mouse from waking up the computer. I used to have a problem whenever I put my computer into sleep, few hours later I always found it already woke up.
