Windows 8 Disables WoL

Overview

I had Wake on LAN working on Windows 7 but since Windows 8 it didn’t work. It didn’t help that every UEFI firmware flash would wipe the settings. It turns out Windows 8 shutdown behavior is different to Windows 7 using hybrid sleep.

Go to Power Options in Control Panel.

Click on the Choose what the power buttons do:

Click on the link Chamge settong that are currently unavailable:

Uncheck the Turn on fast start-up:

Summary

Apart from the usualy BIOS / UEFI changes Windows software also play a bigger role in how WoL works. It’s another Microsoft fault for imposing mobile settings on the Desktop.

Wake on Lan doesn’t work in Windows 8

About Danny

I.T software professional always studying and applying the knowledge gained and one way of doing this is to blog. Danny also has participates in a part time project called Energy@Home [http://code.google.com/p/energyathome/] for monitoring energy usage on a premise. Dedicated to I.T since studying pure Information Technology since the age of 16, Danny Tsang working in the field that he has aimed for since leaving school. View all posts by Danny → This entry was posted in Windows and tagged BIOS, microsoft windows, Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, Wake-on-LAN, windows 7. Bookmark the permalink.

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