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Task Scheduler is Not Waking up Computer: How to Fix it
To fix issues with Task Scheduler, make sure you adjust your settings
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Scheduling tasks is relatively simple, but many reported that Task Scheduler is not waking up the computer.
This can be a problem if you want toautomate PC taskson your computer, so it’s important to tackle this issue. But let’s see what causes this problem in the first place.
Why is Task Scheduler not waking up the computer?
What can I do if Task Scheduler is not waking up the computer?
Before we start, you can try the following:
1. Enable Hybrid Sleep
2. Create a new user profile with admin rights
Login to the new account you just created and set Task Scheduler.
3. Reset and restore power plans to default
This will reset the power plan settings to default, so any customized power plans will be removed.
4. Set the computer to wake up and run a task
Your computer will wake up from sleep at the time you set it to.
5. Check your graphics card driver and enable Hibernation
We hope that our guide helped you fix this problem. To learn more, we suggest reading our guide on how toschedule tasks in Windows.
Did any of these solutions fix the problem? Let us know by leaving a comment in the section below.
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Milan Stanojevic
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Milan has been enthusiastic about technology ever since his childhood days, and this led him to take interest in all PC-related technologies. He’s a PC enthusiast and he spends most of his time learning about computers and technology.
Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s one of the Troubleshooting experts in our worldwide team, specializing in Windows errors & software issues.
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Before joining WindowsReport, he worked as a front-end web developer. Now, he’s specialized in Windows errors & software issues.
