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A system administrator is troubleshooting a Windows 11 Pro desktop that fails to execute nightly automated maintenance scripts. The administrator verifies that the workstation successfully enters Hibernate mode prior to the task runtime and that the specific task in Task Scheduler has 'Wake the computer to run this task' enabled. However, the system continuously fails to wake up from its sleep state to perform the action. Which Control Panel utility and configuration change must be modified to allow scheduled events to wake the operating system?

  1. Open Power Options, select 'Change plan settings' for the active plan, navigate to 'Change advanced power settings', expand 'Sleep', and set 'Allow wake timers' to Enable.Answer
  2. B
    Open Network and Sharing Center, select 'Change adapter settings', open the Ethernet adapter properties, and clear 'Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power'.
  3. C
    Open Administrative Tools, launch Task Scheduler MMC, open the task properties, and enable 'Run with highest privileges' under the General tab.
  4. D
    Open System, select 'Advanced system settings', navigate to the 'Startup and Recovery' settings, and clear 'Automatically restart'.

Answer

Access Power Options in the Windows Control Panel, edit the active power plan's advanced settings, expand the Sleep category, and set 'Allow wake timers' to Enable.
In Windows, even when a task in Task Scheduler is configured to wake the computer, the operating system's global power policy will block the wake event if 'Allow wake timers' is disabled under Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings -> Sleep. Enabling this setting permits internal hardware timers to transition the system out of Hibernate mode for scheduled operations.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the cause of the failure despite Task Scheduler configuration.
Determine that Task Scheduler's 'Wake the computer to run this task' setting is governed and overridden by global Windows power policy.
If wake timers are disabled in the power plan, Windows will ignore task-level wake requests.
2
Locate the appropriate Windows Control Panel applet.
Navigate to Control Panel and open Power Options.
Power Options controls hardware and operating system sleep states, power plans, and advanced timer behavior.
3
Navigate to advanced plan settings.
Click 'Change plan settings' for the active plan, then select 'Change advanced power settings'.
Advanced power settings contain granular controls for hard drives, wireless adapters, sleep behaviors, and processor power management.
4
Enable the wake timer setting.
Expand 'Sleep' -> 'Allow wake timers' and select 'Enable'.
Enabling wake timers permits OS timers and scheduled events to bring the computer out of Sleep or Hibernate state.

Key Concept

Configuring OS-level power policies via Windows Control Panel Power Options advanced settings to permit system wake timers.
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