Conclusion

1. “psshutdown.exe” and “wosb.exe” are working — can sleep,  wake up and stay awake. For each setting refer to:-
   • psshutdown.exe Setting in Task Scheduler
   • wosb.exe Setting
2. “Put PC to Sleep” (rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0)  and “wosb.exe”  are NOT working — it can sleep but cannot wake-up.
3. “psshutdown.exe” and “Wake-Up from Sleep” (Windows Task Scheduler) are NOT working — it can sleep, wake-up but after 5 minutes will return to sleep, it cannot stay awake.
4. Method mentioned in https://www.howtogeek.com/204742/how-to-make-any-computer-boot-up-or-shut-down-on-a-schedule/  (rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0)  is not working in Windows 10 PC to sleep. Once it is slept, it cannot be woke-up.
5. Method mentioned in https://www.howtogeek.com/119028/how-to-make-your-pc-wake-from-sleep-automatically/ is not able to wake-up Windows 10 PC.

 

psshutdown.exe Setting in Task Scheduler

Download the “Sleep using psshutdown.exe” task here …

 

The argument is –d -t 0 -accepteula

 

wosb.exe Setting

Download the  wosb.exe setting here ….   

Place “wosb.exe” in “C:\Users\mobitek1\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup” so that the program can autorun whenever the PC is rebooted.

 

Test Result

DATE	DID HPC-8300 SLEEP AT 10 PM using psshutdown.exe? (Y/N)	DID HPC-8300 WAKE UP AT 8:30 AM using wosb.exe? (Y/N)
	Example of Task Scheduler successfully put PC to sleep.	Example of wosb.exe successfully wake up PC.
9-Dec	Y	Y
10-Dec	Y	Y
13-Dec	Y	Y
14-Dec	Y	Y
15-Dec	Y	Y
16-Dec	Y	Y
17-Dec	Y	Y

 

How to Filter Event Viewer and Save it as a Custom View

Create 2 custom views for “Kernel Power” and “Power-Troubleshooter”.

1. Select “Filter Current Log …”.
   
2. Select “Kernel-Power”
   
3. Select “Save Filter to Custom View …”
   
4. Save the custom view as “Kernel-Power”
   
5. Repeat it for “Power-Troubleshooter”