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Windows PCs can't sleep properly, and Microsoft wants it that way (www.spacebar.news)
submitted 7 months ago by corbin@infosec.pub to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] sederx@programming.dev 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My girlfriend laptop turns on in the middle of the nights for no fucking reason. As a Linux user this shit is creepy

[–] ConfusedPossum@kbin.social 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My PC used to do this. I would pull the plug sometimes in order to prevent it from happening

[–] Nighed@sffa.community 7 points 7 months ago

Spotify of all things used to wake my computer from sleep. I was so close to migrating away from them when they fixed it.

Windows also loves to turn itself on for updates, but then not put itself back to sleep after....