Not sleeping due to : \FileSystem\srvnet
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Gentlemen, please see a related topic that contains an automated solution allowing you to check if the srv service is locking your PC from going to sleep and restarting it to remove the lock and let the PC to sleep. Here it is: Windows 8 does not go to sleep - how to identify the device/app preventing sleep
I quote the automated solution from that topic (all regards must go to the original author, Luke Hamburg):
Ok, I wanted to post this in case it benefits anyone. After tearing lots of hair out over this for months on end, I never did find any "magical setting" that eliminated the problem for good. For a while the problem disappeared on its own, but then a few weeks ago it mysteriously came back. I was fed up and so I came up with a solution that fixes the problem for me. It's not the most elegant thing in the world but it has worked for me and if you follow the steps below, you should be able to set it up without too much trouble. Hopefully MS will officially address this (if it's even their bug which remains to be seen) but for now, try this out and let me know if it works for you:
1. create a batch file, name it "C:\Scripts\restart_srv.cmd" containing the following content:@echo off
set logfile="%TMP%\srvlog.txt"
if exist %logfile% goto begin
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] logfile created>%logfile%:begin
echo -->>%logfile%
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] srvnet check triggered>>%logfile%
openfiles /Query 2>NUL | FIND /C "INFO: No shared open files found" >NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto yes_opens
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] no open files, proceeding to check for srvnet driver block>>%logfile%
powercfg -requests | find /C "[DRIVER] \FileSystem\srvnet" >NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto no_srvnet_block
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] **block detected, restarting srv**>>%logfile%
net stop /y srv >NUL 2>NUL
goto :eof
:yes_opens
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] open files detected, not restarting srv>>%logfile%
goto :eof
:no_srvnet_block
echo [%date:~4,10% %time%] no srvnet block detected, not restarting srv>>%logfile%
goto :eof
2. launch Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc)
3. create a new task called "Restart srv" and set it up like the screenshots below (start at midnight, repeat every hour for 24 hours)
4. (this step is ** optional ** -- You only need to do this if you want to be able to manually kick off this task easily via a desktop icon)
create a new shortcut, with the following attributes:
- target=C:\Windows\System32\schtasks.exe /run /tn "Restart srv"
- run: minimized
- icon: %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll (red NO)
5. Fire off the task manually (either by double clicking the shortcut from step 4 or by manually running the Task via right-click: Run from within Task Scheduler) and check the logfile created by the task (open %TMP%\srvlog.txt with notepad) to make sure it's doing its job:
Good luck and hope this helps some people who are paying needless $$ for their insomniac PCs! :)
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