SOLVED Enable Device Wake

[student]

Hello All,

I've enabled the admin account, opened the cmd prompt as admin, and I still can't get permission to run the cmd [enabledevicewake "HID Keyboard Device"]. It tells me that I don't have permission. Any advice is very greatfully recieved.

 

[TrainableMan]

It's a keyword parameter, it requires a slash and proper spelling ...

powercfg.exe /ENABLEDEVICEWAKE "HID Keyboard Device"

If you are physically in front of the computer it's probably easier to go to control panel\device manager, expand the keyboards section, right-click the device and choose properties, power management tab.

 

[student]

The keyword parameter does not work. The paramater I used
[powercfg deviceenablewake "HID Keyboard Device"] gives me a response:
"You do not have permision to enable or disable device wake"
vs.
"Invalid Parameters -- try "/?" for help" that I get from typing powercfg.exe /ENABLEDEVICEWAKE "HID Keyboard Device"

(see images in this and the previous post)

It's not that what I'm typing is incorrect, its that I don't have permission even though I'm in the admin account and I open the cmd prompt by right clicking and opening as admin.

I am using commands from the MS website:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940(WS.10).aspx

If I go through the control panel/device manager, I don't get the menu options either:

Does anyone know how I get get this permission/acess?

Just to be clear, I checked to see if the "HID Keyboard Device" is capable of waking my computer from sleep and indeed it is (there are a set of commands that will check your devices and HID Keyboard Device shows up on the list). My Bios supports ACPI 2.0.

 

[student]

Figured it out. Needed to go into the BIOS and enable USB wake... seems pretty obvious now. Thanks for you help and hopefully somebody else will find this useful!

 

[TrainableMan]

I notice you have two "HID Keyboard Device" entries. I also have that on my system and only one of mine has the power management option.

If the device isn't defined to the system with that ability then there is no way to turn it on that I am aware of; plus since there are two devices with the same name it may be confusing to the line command even if one of them does offer the power option.

 

[TrainableMan]

glad you got it worked out. I am marking this as solved.
Happy Holidays