Solved How do I prevent anything but me from waking the pc?

seankurth

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I got a new Thinkpad, and after going through and uninstalling all of the obvious bloatware viruses, I've found that a lot of the default Lenovo apps, the ones that are actually made by Lenovo rather than third party spyware they're paid to install, are actually pretty useful.

Unfortunately, they all run diagnostic, update, and quick launch services in the background, which you can't turn off or the apps won't work (yes, I've tried). After looking at energy-report.html, I've found that these services prevent the computer from idling to sleep or even turning on the screensaver. After disabling IPv6 and leaving the homegroup, I can get the screensaver to appear, but only if I set it for a 1 or 2 minute timer. Anything long enough to be useful and the Lenovo services interrupt them.

Since I don't want to disable any of the Lenovo services, is there any way to tell Windows 8.1 that only I am allowed to wake it up? As in, nothing can interrupt the screensaver timer except mouse and keyboard, under any circumstances, even if other services request to interrupt the timer?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    Intel Core i3 Arrandale
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
Thanks, that did it :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    Intel Core i3 Arrandale
    Memory
    4GB DDR2
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast
Thanks, that did it :)

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
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