Using powercfg -requests I get:[DRIVER] Filesystem\srvnetAn active remote client has recently sent requests to this machineThis blocks sleep mode (a "feature" of sleep mode).I have tried disabling wake for sleep on adaptors. Disabling home group. disabling media center, unistalling windows media, disable auto update, no media sharing....Because there is a long timeout of maybe15 minutes or longer on this it so it is hard to diagnose if it is coming from the local machine or the other Win 7 on the network. The problem seemed to start when I upgrade the second machine from Vista though not 100% sure.Seems like each machine keeps the other awake? I have also suspected the Dlink router and turned all of its "added value" features off. Where is this "remote client" and how to diagnose?Is there a setting to at least turn the time out to a minute or less?One machine runnning Win 7 7600 64 before and after this problem started. The other was Vista and now Win 7 7600 32 since the problem began in BOTH machines.

Hi Girvan, Mostly this issue is caused by network adapter driver. Could you please download and install the latest network adapter driver to test the isue?In addtion, if you disable network adapter on the computer, does Sleep work normal?Thanks.

I have this same problem. The Windows 7 desktop computer never sleeps. It never even blanks its display. POWERCFG.EXE -REQUESTS returns: -------- C:\Windows\system32>powercfg -requests DISPLAY: None. SYSTEM: [DRIVER] \FileSystem\srvnet An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine. AWAYMODE: None. --------- C:\WINDOWS\system32\fsmgmt.msc shows no open sessions and no open files. I have the latest available drivers for the Gigabit Ethernet network (Realtek 7.6.820.2009)

I have got the same exact problem. How can I find out who this remote client is? May be this is just a bug.... The same problem even if network controller is disabled. Or even when the mouse and keyboard are disconnected. The powercfg -lastwake shows wakecount 1 but does not identify who woke it up. If it is woken up by mouse or keyboard it does identify it as a USB hub device or something. This is on a newly built computer, used a hard disk that had Vista 32-bit and upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit. The Windows partition was formatted so it is a clean install. Even if I manually put it to sleep, it will even wake up from sleep, though luckily does not turn on the monitor in my case. Just the power lights and fans go full speed for a few minutes, and then back to sleep. I have seen this happen as frequently as 15 minutes. As an alternative I can hibernate the machine, but then mouse/kbd will not wake it up and I have to reach for the power button everytime.

I still have this problem. It is inconsistent, though. Sometimes the system will sleep normally for a while, and then go back to staying active 24/7. It appears that once the system has seen any connection from another device, it will never sleep again. Even after a reboot, even days after the occurrence of "An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine" it will refuse to go into sleep mode. Since my last post, a new driver for the Realtek Gigabit Ethernet has become available - 7.18.322.2010. It does not seem to help the problem. I have checked the power settings using "POWERCFG -QUERY". The "Sleep After" setting has not changed from my setting value of 15 minutes. Sometimes I to go into the Power settings control panel and re-apply the sleep settings, then manually put the system into sleep mode. The system will wake and sleep normally again for a while, until it thinks there is another "active remote client". I have a script that runs as an hourly scheduled task. It writes the output of POWERCFG -REQUESTS into a log file. I have examined this log, and I can see days where the computer runs all day while logging "DISPLAY: None. SYSTEM: None. AWAYMODE: None." each hour. If there are no requests to not sleep, and the settings are to sleep after 15 minutes, why would it not sleep? This looks like a bug in Windows 7 to me.

Is there a solution to this problem?

I'm having this issue also. However when I disable the network adapter the PC goes to sleep. Please help!

Hi Girvan, Mostly this issue is caused by network adapter driver. Could you please download and install the latest network adapter driver to test the isue? In addtion, if you disable network adapter on the computer, does Sleep work normal? Thanks. When I disable the network adapter the computer sleeps just fine. So what do I do now to get my PC to sleep? I'm having the exact same issue. Please Help!

I just came across this thread regarding Powercfg reporting "An active remote client has recently sent requests to this machine" which blocks sleep mode. I had the same problem and fixed it. Since this thread is months old, hopefully you found the solution to this already. If not and for those who like me who just found this post. This may be the answer, it worked for me: By default, Windows 7 will attempt to prevent system standby when connected to a remote share or file. Presumably, this is to prevent any ongoing file transfers over the network from failing due to the system unexpectedly entering standby. But there are many cases where the system is connected to a remote share and it is okay to enter standby. Windows 7 includes a setting to allow the computer to enter standby, but it may be missing from the advanced power options dialog box. you can unhide the “Allow sleep with remote opens” option AND set it to Yes for three default power profiles (Balanced, High Performance, and Power Saver) in Windows 7. Go to this link for details on how: http://iboyd.net/index.php/2010/05/16/windows-7-power-management-fixing-pc-insomnia/

Try creating and then leaving a Homegroup between the machine having the sleep problem and the other(s) keeping it awake. I developed the same insomnia problem described here on one of my networked group of Windows 7 machines after enabling media streaming but declining to create a Homegroup (when the option to create one was presented during the media streaming setup process). I struggled with various solutions, all to no avail, except disconnecting the problematic machine from the others on the network (not a solution). Ultimately I determined that certain other machines on the network would keep the problematic machine awake. I was able to identify the affected machines by disconnecting various combinations of machines from the network until the problematic machine slept normally. Ultimately, the problem disappeared after I created a Homegroup, joined all the affected machines, and then left the Homegroup from all machines. After a forced sleep using the shutdown menu on all the affected machines, and subsequent manual wake, they now all sleep and wake normally, as expected, according to the power plan settings. I suspect that by declining to create the Homegroup when prompted, it leaves some inchoate remnant of Homegroup creation lingering around on one or more machines, which in turn results in repeated requests being sent from one machine to the other, keeping the other awake.