My new desktop loses the internet after it has been on sleep all night, I know the problem is not with the wifi as my laptop is fine. I put my desktop on sleep most nights and then in the morning when I put it on I have to fiddle about a little while to get the internet working. Is there any reason for this?

Been on to Dell support this week this is one of multiple issue's I had wifi disappearing all means of connecting gone ..long story 3 days in short it's either the last bios or windows update for mine🤔 

30 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

I put my desktop on sleep most nights and then in the morning when I put it on I have to fiddle about a little while to get the internet working. Is there any reason for this?

Could be a multitude of reasons. I used to keep a yellow stick it note on the back on my PC saying "Don't ask unless you've rebooted first".

Sleep mode overnight?

Sounds plausible at first but really: I hard shutdown even during the day.

Sleep mode is nice for lunch break but over night?

 

Likely your internet adapter is not fit for sleep mode. You could try to do a driver update.

Else see above.

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18 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

Could be a multitude of reasons. I used to keep a yellow stick it note on the back on my PC saying "Don't ask unless you've rebooted first".

A good restart is always first.

Not shutdown and power on but restart Windows function.

56 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

My new desktop loses the internet after it has been on sleep all night, I know the problem is not with the wifi as my laptop is fine. I put my desktop on sleep most nights and then in the morning when I put it on I have to fiddle about a little while to get the internet working. Is there any reason for this?

My computer does this too. I have to disconnect the router and re-connect and the problem is solved.

Try shut down overnight, then on startup all should/will be started up....

I have never used sleep mode.....🤗

Are you guys using Win 11? After I updated, one of my laptops are showing similar problems with Internet connection. Sometimes it actually just goes away, and no possibility to get back without restart. Haven´t looked into it, but None of the 3 on Win 10 have the problem.

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

My new desktop loses the internet after it has been on sleep all night, I know the problem is not with the wifi as my laptop is fine. I put my desktop on sleep most nights and then in the morning when I put it on I have to fiddle about a little while to get the internet working. Is there any reason for this?

I am assuming that if you switch it off overnight it just starts normally in the morning.

That being the case it is worth checking the data control.

Click on the wifi symbol and you should see the network you are connected to. Click on properties and it should go into settings. Scroll down a bit and there will be a button for metered connection, that should show "Off".

It is only required for limited data availability and if inadvertently switched on could be cutting the connection when set level reached.

Most likely due to timeout policies.

Open the device manager: win key + x, select device manager, select network adapters and right click and select properties/power management tab and uncheck “allow the computer to turn off device to save power “

Also fast startup could be the culprit:

Go to control panel and select power options and choose what the power buttons do. Click "Change settings that are currently unavailable."

Uncheck "Turn on fast startup" and save changes.

22 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

My computer does this too. I have to disconnect the router and re-connect and the problem is solved.

Thanks, but not with me.

22 hours ago, transam said:

Try shut down overnight, then on startup all should/will be started up....

I have never used sleep mode.....🤗

That's interesting Trans, I only started using sleep mode, though not every night, because someone on You Tube said it was better for the computer that way. So I will just start using shutdown at nights now.

On 7/28/2025 at 8:18 AM, NoshowJones said:

Is there any reason for this?

It might be the operating system, but as you didn't mention what that is how can anyone know where to even start with an answer?

1 hour ago, NoshowJones said:

Thanks, but not with me.

I should have mentioned that I have a Mac. The operating system could make all the difference. I don't know. I am not an engineer,

I shut down my laptop and desktop overnight. Never had a problem.

 

But then, I have a Linux OS on both.

 

IMO anyone with a Windows OS is paying to have problems.

On 7/28/2025 at 9:22 AM, transam said:

Try shut down overnight, then on startup all should/will be started up....

I have never used sleep mode.....🤗

 

Don't worry. You'll wake up one day. 🛌

My internet went down the other day too and that was without going into sleep mode.

Modem showed connection was OK but no signal.

Took it to the shop who confirmed everything was fine in the PC.

Wife came home from shops and confirmed she had forgotten to pay the internet bill..........☹️

Ideas

 

Battery - see sleep not enabled, do not allow hdd or PC to sleep.

 

Device manager - router, modem there are settings deep inside to have a look

 

Turn off Hibernate at command line. Delete file

 

Buggy? Set screensavers to not sleep

 

Use search to sort your problem 😉

22 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

I should have mentioned that I have a Mac. The operating system could make all the difference. I don't know. I am not an engineer,

Obviously! Windows and IO mac are totally different animals.

22 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I shut down my laptop and desktop overnight. Never had a problem.

 

But then, I have a Linux OS on both.

 

IMO anyone with a Windows OS is paying to have problems.

 

Always the Linux is better guy. Linux would give these guys 1000 more problems than PC. They can't even sort out PC issues

15 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

My internet went down the other day too and that was without going into sleep mode.

Modem showed connection was OK but no signal.

Took it to the shop who confirmed everything was fine in the PC.

Wife came home from shops and confirmed she had forgotten to pay the internet bill..........☹️

DIRECT DEBIT !!!!

If you are done using computer shut it down. No reason computer sit idle on the internet. Open invitation for trouble

 

Computers should be shut down minimum 1x a week anyway.

1 minute ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Always the Linux is better guy. Linux would give these guys 1000 more problems than PC. They can't even sort out PC issues

I read that LINUX gives fewer problems than Win. so I decided to have a go at it. What a job!

After using Windows since MS DOS, I am NOT, at 77, going to learn it all again.

2 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

If you are done using computer shut it down. No reason computer sit idle on the internet. Open invitation for trouble

 

Computers should be shut down minimum 1x a week anyway.

WHY, please?

Most electronic equipment goes tits up on start-up, current surges and all that.

Mine only goes off when there is a power cut and the UPS battery runs out.

1 minute ago, KannikaP said:

I read that LINUX gives fewer problems than Win. so I decided to have a go at it. What a job!

After using Windows since MS DOS, I am NOT, at 77, going to learn it all again.

 

It has huge + but also huge -

 

No apps

 

I dislike the haphazard updates

 

Even installation is a hassle.

 

Mint is nice.

2 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

WHY, please?

 

Computer easily breached sitting idle for days week years

 

It clears all the caches and any ghosts in the machine

 

First thing tech support will tell you is cold boot

1 minute ago, KhaoHom said:

Mint is nice.

But not as nice as the latest W11 Pro., IMHO.

Linux DOES have apps, particularly Music recording software like Cakewalk Sonar (new free version now available)

11 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Most electronic equipment goes tits up on start-up, current surges and all that.

 

Maybe separate issues you have upcountry with power as opposed to computer problems?

 

If you are worried about computer not booting... I think paranoia. Buy a new SSD HDD, reinstall os fresh probably resolve that paranoia + make PC 15% faster.

4 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

But not as nice as the latest W11 Pro., IMHO.

Linux DOES have apps, particularly Music recording software like Cakewalk Sonar (new free version now available)

 

No idea about pro, but every month goes by I hate msft more and more. It's bloated and invasive. My hatred for copilot and edge knows no bounds

 

All the switches and tweaks that are deep, deep, deep inside the operating system now. Most of them deal with collecting data and information. It's just horrible.

 

I would switch to Unix except I paid for windows 10 (11) on laptop. If I don't get 12 I'm going to Linux