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#285848 21-May-2021 07:29

every one of my laptops develops either failure to sleep or failure to wake or both

this one about 2 years old has recently been infected with wakes from sleep or hibernate to a blank screen if it has slept or hibernated for a few hours.

so when it wakes it presumably goes to the lock screen

is there any way to force reboot when in lock screen using only keyboard

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#2710451 21-May-2021 07:44

Press and hold power button until fan stops. My work laptop does this too

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#2710457 21-May-2021 08:00

that used to work every time but it is not working like it used to

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#2710463 21-May-2021 08:23

Batman:

every one of my laptops develops either failure to sleep or failure to wake or both

this one about 2 years old has recently been infected with wakes from sleep or hibernate to a blank screen if it has slept or hibernated for a few hours.

so when it wakes it presumably goes to the lock screen

is there any way to force reboot when in lock screen using only keyboard

You could try turning on Narrator then using the arrows/ tab keys to navigate to shutdown

In Windows 10, press Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter to turn on Narrator

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#2710465 21-May-2021 08:29

If you think it is still alive under the blank screen then you could try Win + Ctrl + Shift + B to restart the video driver.

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#2710469 21-May-2021 08:37

gbwelly:

If you think it is still alive under the blank screen then you could try Win + Ctrl + Shift + B to restart the video driver.

I've done that - didn't work. I can see it refreshes the screen when the screen is on, but under the blank screen issue it won't do anything useful.

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#2710470 21-May-2021 08:39

clinty:

Batman:

every one of my laptops develops either failure to sleep or failure to wake or both

this one about 2 years old has recently been infected with wakes from sleep or hibernate to a blank screen if it has slept or hibernated for a few hours.

so when it wakes it presumably goes to the lock screen

is there any way to force reboot when in lock screen using only keyboard

You could try turning on Narrator then using the arrows/ tab keys to navigate to shutdown

In Windows 10, press Windows logo key + Ctrl + Enter to turn on Narrator

Clint

i think that's too complicated. i need blindly nagivate to enter password to log in.

I just have set my power button to shut down when pressed ... let's see if this does anything the next time it happens

meanwhile hoping that i don't accidentally touch this button when halfway through doing work! which i guarantee will happen hence i'm after hotkeys rather than the almighty power button

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#2710471 21-May-2021 08:40

i'm also not keen on a full reinstall as i have done these things in the past only to have the same issue and i've wasted months of my life reinstalling and reconfiguring everything for zero gains. i don't have time for this anymore unfortunately.

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#2710575 21-May-2021 10:02

Have you turned off Fast startup in the Power settings?

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#2710581 21-May-2021 10:18

CYaBro:

Have you turned off Fast startup in the Power settings?

thanks i did think of that but forgot.

i have turned it off now let's see what happens.

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#2710700 21-May-2021 12:25

Batman:

CYaBro:

Have you turned off Fast startup in the Power settings?

thanks i did think of that but forgot.

i have turned it off now let's see what happens.

Cool turn it off and restart.

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#2711114 22-May-2021 01:51

I have an OpenSSH server installed on my Windows 10 box. Using that I can ssh into it from another PC or my phone and command line reboot it:

shutdown /r /t 1

If you have another Windows box you can also use a remote shutdown command from there:

shutdown /r /m \\MachineName /t 1

I have never tried that - I think you need to set up the right registry settings beforehand so that remote shutdown is allowed.

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#2711117 22-May-2021 07:28

fe31nz:

I have an OpenSSH server installed on my Windows 10 box. Using that I can ssh into it from another PC or my phone and command line reboot it:

shutdown /r /t 1

If you have another Windows box you can also use a remote shutdown command from there:

shutdown /r /m \\MachineName /t 1

I have never tried that - I think you need to set up the right registry settings beforehand so that remote shutdown is allowed.

ok will keep this in mind as second last resort.

last resort is a hammer.