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In my Windows 10 system I have connected a X52 Pro joystick. It seems to signal activity to Windows because the idle time counter never exceeds few miliseconds (tested with IdleClock http://www.maxoutput.com/). That is why the PC never goes to sleep.

Is there any way to select or deactivate the devices that Windows uses to determine whether a user is idle? I would like to limit it to mouse and keyboard.

Thank you in advance

Jan

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  • I wonder if you Un-tick the box in Device Manager for the joystick (power management tab), the one that says "allow this device to wake the computer" would do the trick. – Moab Oct 04 '15 at 17:53
  • @Moab Thanks, I tried that but oddly the option is disabled (greyed out). – JanCG Oct 04 '15 at 20:07
  • All I can suggest is to update the joystick driver if there is one available. – Moab Oct 04 '15 at 22:28
  • Thanks @Moab. I installed the latest Saitek Beta drivers for Windows 10, and it solved some of my problems. But the main problem remains: The PC still does not go to sleep. Any idea for a workaround (except for unplugging Joystick)? – JanCG Oct 12 '15 at 19:06
  • unplugging seems to be the only solution I have found, [some discussion here](https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/3hda3b/has_anyone_else_noticed_that_their_computer_no/) near bottom of thread they discuss joysticks – Moab Oct 15 '15 at 14:44

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