http://superuser.com/questions/503786/windows-8-desktop-wakes-up-immediately-after-sleep-due-to-keyboard-mouse http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/18578-wakes-immediately-after-going-sleep.html To find out which devices can wake up the machine, on the command line run: powercfg -devicequery wake_armed To disable them: Device Manager (devmgmt.msc), select the device, properties -> Power Ma..