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My laptop turns on again after a shutdown when plugged out

Abdul Hadi 0 Reputation points
2026-04-18T08:34:53.09+00:00

This is my specs

Device Name DESKTOP-52DF3DK

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.60 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)

Storage 466 GB HDD WDC WD5000LPLX-08ZNTT0

Graphics Card AMD Radeon (TM) R7 M370 (2 GB), Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 (128 MB)

Device ID 2DFE49E2-5317-44F3-8BEA-8F4CE79C50E2

Product ID 00342-50717-62554-AAOEM

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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My laptop turns on again, after I shut down when it is not plugged in with AC adapter.
Also I'll list some of the stuff I already done to fix it:

  1. I disabled fast startup.
  2. I checked the Battery drivers, and AC adapter drivers, they are fine.
  3. I disabled "wake on LAN" option in the bios. There is no other option that can cause the laptop to turn on again on it's own in the bios.
  4. I reinstalled windows 10 again.

That is all the stuff, I did to fix the issue, but it is still happening.

Thanks in advance of any help, and sorry if my English is not good, it is not my native language. Also any kind of help is appreciated.

Surface | Surface Laptop | Power and battery
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  1. Thomas4-N 16,945 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-04-18T13:11:54.1233333+00:00

    Hello Abdul Hadi,

    I can see you've already done solid troubleshooting — disabling fast startup and Wake on LAN were good calls.

    First, could you share your laptop's brand and model? Based on the specs, this doesn't appear to be a Surface device, and knowing the exact model helps with BIOS-specific recommendations.

    Next, to narrow down what's waking the laptop, please open Command Prompt as administrator and run these commands, then share the output:

    powercfg -lastwake

    powercfg -devicequery wake_armed

    powercfg -waketimers

    In the meantime, a couple of things to try:

    • Go to Power Options > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Sleep > Allow wake timers, and set it to Disable.
    • In Device Manager, expand Network adapters, right-click your adapter > Properties > Power Management tab, and uncheck "Allow this device to wake the computer." Do the same for any USB controllers and input devices that have this option.
    • Since the issue seems tied to unplugging the AC adapter, also check your BIOS for any setting like "Wake on AC" or "Power on AC restore" — some laptops have this enabled by default and it can respond to AC state changes.

    Let me know the command outputs and your laptop model and we can go from there.

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