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Wake PC From Sleep Using Keyboard And Mouse In Windows 10

Last Updated on March 28, 2018 by admin 23 Comments

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Waking the computer from sleep mode is fairly easy. You just need to press any key on the keyboard or move the mouse (on a laptop, move fingers on the trackpad) to wake the computer. But on some computers running Windows 10, you cannot wake the PC using keyboard or mouse.

We need to press the power button to wake the computer from sleep mode. While pressing the power is as easy as pressing any key on the keyboard, most users prefer to wake computer using keyboard and mouse.

To make the keyboard or mouse or both wake your computer from sleep mode, you just need to change the default power settings of these devices which can be done under Device Manager.

Note that most external keyboards and mice support waking the computer from sleep. However, the same cannot be said about laptop keyboards and trackpads. For instance, my ThinkPad doesn’t support waking PC from sleep mode using the internal keyboard and mouse. There is no option even in BIOS to configure the keyboard and trackpad to wake the laptop. At the same time, my MacBook running Windows 10 supports waking computer using built-in keyboard and mouse.

Method 1 of 2

Wake Windows 10 computer from sleep with a keyboard

Step 1: Open the Device Manager. To do that, right-click on the Start button on the taskbar and then click Device Manager.

Step 2: In the Device Manager window, expand Keyboards to see your keyboard entry.

Step 3: Right-click on your keyboard entry and then click Properties.

wake PC from sleep using keyboard and mouse in Windows 10 pic4

Step 4: Under the Power Management tab, check Allow this device to wake the computer option. Click OK button. From now onwards, you will be able to wake the Windows 10 computer using the keyboard.

wake PC from sleep using keyboard and mouse in Windows 10 pic1

If the Power Management tab is missing, try to install the latest keyboard driver. If the Power Management tab is still missing, it’s likely because your keyboard does not support waking the computer from sleep.

Method 2 of 2

Wake Windows 10 PC from sleep using mouse/trackpad

Step 1: In the Device Manager, expand Mice and other pointing devices entry to see your mouse.

Step 2: Right-click on your mouse entry and then click Properties to open the mouse properties.

Step 3: Here, switch to the Power Management tab. Check Allow this device to wake the computer option and then click OK button. That’s it! You can now use the mouse to wake your Windows 10 PC from sleep.

wake PC from sleep using keyboard and mouse in Windows 10 pic2

Again, if the Power Management tab is not showing up, it’s likely because your mouse or trackpad doesn’t support waking the computer from sleep.

Filed Under: Windows 10 Tagged: Keyboard

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Comments

  1. Katy Smith says

    March 10, 2022 at 2:59 am

    Whenever I click Keyboard device properties “Power Management” is not a tab at the top. :(

  2. Ian W says

    January 8, 2022 at 3:53 pm

    Well, I’m really disappointed that you removed my comment.

    I can’t think of a single reason why it would fail to pass scrutineering.

    Thanks for nothing!

  3. Ian W says

    January 8, 2022 at 12:58 am

    My setup is a desktop PC running Windows 10 with a Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 900. I have no problem re-awakening the PC with a tap on the keyboard. Trouble is that it immediately starts looping that keystroke.

    I can see this if I leave Notepad open, because whatever key I press to restart Windows is then rapidly repeated on screen. I can easily stop this if I hit the Esc key, or if I unplug the USB dongle, but I want to fix it properly.

    This behaviour never happened with an ancient Microsoft Wireless® Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A that had to be replaced recently.

    Any suggestions please?

  4. Roy Furr says

    February 18, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    I tried everything here. My devices were set to allow waking already. Didn’t work.

    But I found this help threat from Microsoft that worked for me: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-power-winpc/windows-10-keyboard-and-mouse-cannot-wake-up/46eb4755-dd84-4f78-9d35-05c85505bcfb?auth=1

    ### QUOTE ###

    We appreciate your response. For this case, we suggest that you try disabling your USB selective suspend settings by following the steps below:

    1. Press Windows key; then, type Edit Power Plan (Edit Plan Settings will open).
    2. Click Change advanced power settings (Power Options will open).
    3. Select USB settings.
    4. Choose USB selective suspend setting; then, select Disabled.
    5. Click Apply; then, hit OK.
    6. Restart your laptop.

    ### END QUOTE ###

    Note I skipped the restarting, but cycled through sleep/wake once with mouse, once with keyboard, and confirmed that both now work.

    I normally wouldn’t post a comment like this on a random site but seeing as how your article was #1 in Google and I left it without a solution, I wanted to come back and share this “Method 3.”

  5. Brokk says

    February 11, 2021 at 7:30 pm

    (update)
    I found a BIOS setting for wake-from-usb (I have USB keyboard and mouse), that defaults to off. I enabled this and now it is working perfectly.

  6. Brokk says

    February 11, 2021 at 7:12 pm

    I appreciate the article and the attempt to help. However, like several others here, all of those settings were already turned on and not working. I even attempted the powercfg suggestion, but to no avail.

    I attempted to install and use Windows 10 years ago, but the barrage of bugs and problems that had no solutions aside from “clean install” drove me back to Windows 7.

    Speaking of clean install… This is a new mobo, new hard drive and fresh install from scratch.

  7. Lala says

    February 5, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    This worked for my ThinkPad – thanks:

    Vasanth says

    July 26, 2020 at 4:28 am

    Go to Power & Sleep settings -> Edit Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings -> Sleep -> Allow Wake Timers -> Enable. This worked for me!!

  8. Hafez says

    February 1, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    Thank you

  9. tasnia says

    November 29, 2020 at 8:51 pm

    Note that most external keyboards and mice support waking the computer from sleep. However, the same cannot be said about laptop keyboards and trackpads. For instance, my ThinkPad doesn’t support waking PC from sleep mode using the internal keyboard and mouse. There is no option even in BIOS to configure the keyboard and trackpad to wake the laptop

    thanks , my vivobook also doesn’t have that option….stop searching the reason after reading this

  10. Sachin says

    November 26, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    Not working for me. Mouse already set to wake up device but not working.

  11. Karuin says

    October 24, 2020 at 6:14 pm

    1) Open a command prompt as administrator
    2) powercfg /h off (turns off hibernation mode)
    3) Reboot computer
    4) Open a command prompt as administrator
    5) powercfg /h on
    6) Reboot computer

    As skaizun told worked perfect for me when all other option failed.
    Thanks!

  12. Boomer says

    August 9, 2020 at 9:44 am

    I think this mess is connected with the ‘now required’ two-factor sign in procedure (code over cell-phone) ‘pain in the rear’ protocol! i.e. protecting us all from hacking “Commies” living under the floors of our Private Homes and signing on to our computers while we sleep…

  13. Vasanth says

    July 26, 2020 at 4:28 am

    Go to Power & Sleep settings -> Edit Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings -> Sleep -> Allow Wake Timers -> Enable. This worked for me!!

  14. Toeknee says

    November 7, 2019 at 10:36 am

    I have tried this, it does not work.
    I also have switched from sleep to hiberante, nothing.
    Is there a fix for this or do I just remove the sleep / hibernate and leave it run all day / night.

  15. Nimbus says

    October 12, 2019 at 4:31 am

    In Device Manager you might find your USB mouse or keyboard under ‘Human Interface Devices’ instead of ‘keyboards’ or ‘mice’.

  16. skaizun says

    October 5, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    I can’t remember where I found this on the web (it doesn’t seem to be in my browser history, which seems to happen a lot!), but, after a lot of trial and error, the following worked for me (to save typing time and space, if you don’t know how to do something listed, search for it on the web):

    1) Open a command prompt as administrator
    2) powercfg /h off (turns off hibernation mode)
    3) Reboot computer
    4) Open a command prompt as administrator
    5) powercfg /h on
    6) Reboot computer

    Apparently, either step 2 or 5 deletes a file that may have become corrupted
    (to prevent potential damage to your computer, I won’t name the file).
    After step 6, I put the computer to sleep for a minute,
    and woke it by double-hitting the right touchpad button.
    It woke, instantly, which hasn’t happened in months
    (either a MicroSquish update broke it,
    or my mucking about with power/sleep settings did),
    and it works even after hours of being in sleep.
    It may work by hitting other keys or mouse,
    but, I have no need to check that.

    Good luck!

  17. Basslover101 says

    October 1, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    Same here as Debs, except there IS a Power Management tab in K&S properties and both “Allow this device to wake PC” are enabled.

    Except they don’t.

  18. Joseph Sardone says

    August 27, 2019 at 6:09 pm

    I’m about to NEVER use sleep mode … this is ridiculous!

  19. Josh K says

    August 9, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Thank you!

  20. David I says

    August 6, 2019 at 10:46 pm

    To get the ‘power management’ option to display for the mouse or keyboard, you need Admin status, rather than User status.

  21. Deborah says

    June 23, 2019 at 2:16 am

    I’ve done this and my computer STILL doesn’t want to wake up!!! Grrr!!! This is so frustrating!

  22. Gary Gargison says

    May 29, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    Debbie,

    You’re not alone. ACPI Lid under System Devices (in Control Panel) has a Power Management tab however it is greyed out and can’t be enabled. It appears a number of people have this problem (other forums) and the usual, update drivers, run sfc /scannow, etc. do not work. And every moderator goes silent once you say you have done all that they recommend (short of a clean install). I have to believe that there is a Registry hack out there somewhere but until we find it I guess I, at least, will have display off after a few minutes and set Sleep to Never in Power Plan. And will perform a clean shut down (Alt-F4) every time I will be away for any length of time.

  23. Debbie says

    April 15, 2019 at 11:42 pm

    I have no ‘power management’ option on either the keyboard or the mouse! What else can I do? I’m always forced to use my power button and I don’t want to do that. (I am running Windows 10, all is up to date.)

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