Computer goes to sleep, then powers up

My computer with Windows 8 (x64) won't go to sleep. After I tell the computer to go to sleep the screen fades to black as expected, but just when the computer should "turn off", the fans speed up (as on a cold boot) and shows me my lock screen, as if I was waking it.

As far as I know this have started happening after I installed the free Media Center add-on that Microsoft offered me.

Here's some powercfg that I just fetched after trying to make the computer sleep:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /lastwake
Wake History Count - 1
Wake History [0]
  Wake Source Count - 0

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /requests
DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] \FileSystem\srvnet
An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine.

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

FULLSCREENVIDEO:
None.

I guess it is the [DRIVER] \FileSystem\srvnet An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine. that is causing the trouble.

Here is what I've tried:

Turning off "Allow hybrid sleep" under Power Options.
Disabling the Media Center in "Windows Features".
Updating the network adapter drivers.
Removed everything except my keyboard with the Powercfg -devicequery wake_armed command.
Tried using powercfg -requestsoverride driver \filesystem\srvnet system (what does this command do?)

How do I continue from here? I've read that blocking media streaming might help, but I can't find it on Windows 8.

Eikern

Posted 2013-03-05T16:22:11.040

Reputation: 632

Do you have an extender connected to your Media Center? – Ramhound – 2013-03-05T16:48:27.277

No, I don't use it at all. – Eikern – 2013-03-05T17:17:12.370

So you never configured Media Center? Do you have the user profile that handles the streaming? Because the log file you posted clearly indicates SOMETHING is connected to your pc. This was a good read and I confirmed the options are still there in Windows 8 ( slightly changed of course ) http://superuser.com/questions/40596/computer-wont-go-to-sleep?rq=1

– Ramhound – 2013-03-05T17:27:14.117

I have not set up MC. This is the only account on the computer. The setting isn't there for me. – Eikern – 2013-03-05T18:23:42.460

So the only two Profile folders you have on your system is Public and your account's Profile folder? The user created to handle streaming does NOT show up unless you know where to look. You might have to resort to a reinstallation with the media center feature ever being installed. – Ramhound – 2013-03-05T18:32:17.493

"The user created to handle streaming" which one should that be? I have two disabled accounts Administrator and Guest, then I have my own and HomeGroup in addition to UpdatusUser which is Nvidias account for checking for updates or something. – Eikern – 2013-03-05T20:40:15.607

1I would uninstall the application that handles Nvidia updates to eliminate the service as the reason for your problems. You don't have the user that handles the media center so doesn't matter. One simple solution would be to disconnect from your network to see if this problem still exists. As pointed out a remote client is causing this problem. – Ramhound – 2013-03-05T20:57:14.680

@Ramhound Nice point about remote client. Oddly, powercfg remains giving the same output and the PC is not going into standby. Probably the recently has also something to do about it. How long recently is remains a mistery. What makes it even more strange is the fact that powercfg -requestsoverride DRIVER \FileSystem\srvnet system has allready been executed a few months ago. – Davor Josipovic – 2014-03-04T13:14:48.697

Computer goes to sleep, then powers up

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