How To Prevent Mouse/Keyboard From Waking Windows

Posted by RockyStar on Wednesday, May 26th 2010   
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When the computer is in Sleep state, you can always wake it by moving your mouse or pressing a keyboard button. But, if you have a cluttered work space, you might want to prevent mouse/keyboard from waking up your computer as even an accidental mouse movement wakes up the computer.

So, here is a simple trick to prevent mouse/keyboard from waking up your computer from Sleep mode:

1. Open Device Manger by typing either devmgmt.msc or device manager in Start menu search area and then hitting enter.

2. In the list of hardware categories, find the keyboard or mouse that you want to prevent from waking your computer.

3. Double-click on the entry see the Properties dialog box.

4. Switch to Power Management tab and uncheck the option named Allow this device to wake the computer.

5. Click Ok, and you are done.

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Filed Under: Technical     Tags: Mouse/Keyboard, Waking Windows, windows 7
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