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My computer is unable to sleep automatically and if i manually set it, it will wake up after 1 hour.

Upon running powercfg -lastwake the system states that a particular process is responsible for setting a wake timer. further checking powercfg -waketimers confirms that there is a process that constantly sets up a wake timer.

Timer set by [PROCESS] DeviceHarddiskVolume1Program FilesIntuitQuickBooks P
oint of Sale 9.0qbpos.exe expires at 10:29:59 PM on 12/22/2010.

This process is set every hour from the running of the program. eg open at 9.29, it expires at 10.29. after 10.29 it will reset and expire at 11.29.

So there is no way I can put it to sleep for more than an hour. Checking task scheduler reveals nothing related. there is a way to permanently block this process from resisting sleep, I do not plan to prevent tasks from waking up Windows altogether, disabling it from power configuration .

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Picture from my BIOS

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Antec Fusion Remote Black HTPC Case
Seasonic 450w 80+Gold (fanless)
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