This setting can be used if a driver misrepresents how it handles sleep states.

The Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power setting controls how the network card is handled when the computer enters sleep.

When deploying Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you may want to disable the following network adapter power management setting on some computers:Īllow the computer to turn off this device to save power More information Furthermore, you can configure the power management settings to meet the needs of your users through device properties, standard registry settings. It allows computers to sleep for longer periods of time when idle. The enhancements made to Windows 7 for managing power settings for network adapters greatly reduces the number of spurious wakes. This article provides a resolution to disable network adapter power management on a single computer.Īpplies to: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Original KB number: 2740020 Summary

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