Windows – Disable Network Adapter Power Management

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Take a look at this reg key if your computer is falling off the network during idle time.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\

Key: The_Device_Number (will be something like 001, 002, 003, etc.)

Type: DWORD

Value: PnPCapabilities

Data: 24

 

Notes

Disable sleep for everything

powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /x -hibernate-timeout-dc 0
powercfg /x -disk-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /x -disk-timeout-dc 0
powercfg /x -monitor-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /x -monitor-timeout-dc 0
Powercfg /x -standby-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /x -standby-timeout-dc 0

 

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