• vodka@lemm.ee
    733·
    2 days ago

    A lot of modern windows laptop don’t let you shut them down.

    They use something called Windows Hybrid Sleep and it should be illegal. Selecting shut down in windows will keep the machine in a state where it will turn on at random times to check for updates. Especially fun whrn in your backpack creating a furnace.

    Thankfully it can be disabled via AD policy.

    • egonallanon@lemm.ee
      13·
      2 days ago

      Ah yeah I forgot about hybrid sleep as I turned if off years ago and forgot it existed. Such a nonsense feature.

    • Ferus42@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      You dont need to use group policy.

      Admin console: powercfg.exe /hibernate off

      Now its off. Hybrid sleep is just a faster Hibernate.

      • vodka@lemm.ee
        4·
        2 days ago

        Or just turn off fast Startup in the power settings.

        I meant that you can thankfully disable it with group policy so that the 3000 laptops I manage at work don’t all cook in backpacks every day.

        • Ferus42@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          24 hours ago

          I’ve been out of the GPO game for a while, but I’ve never heard of widespread issues with laptops waking up even if their lids are closed. Did this start with Windows 11?

          • vodka@lemm.ee
            2·
            18 hours ago

            Yeah it started sometime in 2022. Though also for Windows 10.

            It also has some hardware requirements, so most older laptops wouldn’t have the issue.

    • MadBigote@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 days ago

      I remember you have to press either Shift or Alt for the shutdown button to actually shut down the PC.