If you don't want your keyboard or mouse to wake your computer, you can easily disable them via Device Manager, Control Panel or CMD.

I went into device manager, selected the 'mouse' section, then 'power management' and removed the check from the line reading 'Allow mouse to wake up computer.' ...

There are already a few ways to wake up a Windows PC, like pressing the power button or, depending on how you have things configured, mashing a key on your keyboard or clicking a mouse button.

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From that information, you can determine what needs to be closed before placing the computer into Sleep Mode. If you don't close that process then chances are the computer will wake because of it.

I would like to know why I can not wake up from standby by moving the mouse like in WinME or with the keyboard like in WinMEThe only way I can resume and return to desktop, is by pushing the power ...