Allow applications to prevent automatic sleep (on battery)

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016

This policy setting allows applications and services to prevent automatic sleep. If you enable this policy setting, any application, service, or device driver prevents Windows from automatically transitioning to sleep after a period of user inactivity. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, applications, services, or drivers do not prevent Windows from automatically transitioning to sleep. Only user input is used to determine if Windows should automatically sleep.

This policy has no additional user input fields.

• Computer
  Allow applications to prevent automatic sleep (plugged in)

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Allow automatic sleep with Open Network Files (on battery)

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Allow automatic sleep with Open Network Files (plugged in)

  At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Computer
  Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (on battery)

  At least Windows 10
• Computer
  Allow network connectivity during connected-standby (plugged in)

  At least Windows 10
• Computer
  Allow standby states (S1-S3) when sleeping (on battery)

  At least Windows Vista
• Computer
  Allow standby states (S1-S3) when sleeping (plugged in)

  At least Windows Vista