I upgraded to a new mouse the other week and the new one has been very sensitive in regards to waking up the PC even if I walk by the desk or bump it, if you have a similar problem here's how it's done.
Disabling Devices Power Management Settings
Navigate to your device manager (press the windows key and type "device manager", hit Enter or click "device manager" from the control panel.
Expand "Mice and other pointing devices"
if you are using a bluetooth mouse, you will need to go into Human Interface Devices (HID)
Once you find your mouse, right click on it, then select Properties
Once you are on the Properties tabs, navigate over to the Power Management tab. This is where most devices will have the option you are looking for.
Uncheck the box for "Allow this device to wake the computer"
5. It's advised you restart your computer for full affect.
*These steps can be repeated for all devices that have the potential to wake your computer. Keyboard, network adapter, etc.
If Your PC Is Still Waking Up... This Is One Way to Check What Devices Have The Authority To Wake Your PC
1. To do this you will need to open up your command prompt as an administrator.
2. Hit the windows key, type "cmd", right click on "command prompt" and chose "Run as administrator" (for faster ways to do this, visit this blog post)
3. You'll know you've done this correctly since the window will say "Administrator: Command Prompt" at the top
4. Next, you will need to run the following command in your command prompt window and hit
Enter. (note: there is a space after the "g" in powercfg)
powercfg -devicequery wake_armed
5. If you have successfully completed the steps from earlier up above for turning off the ability for your mouse to wake your PC, it should not be in the list that is produced via this command
For me, the only thing I have allowed to wake my PC is the Docking Station it's attached to.
Let me know if you are still having issues in the comments and I will do my best to assist!
-TheOkayEngineer
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