Editing Wake-on-LAN (section)

====Microsoft Windows====

Newer versions of Microsoft Windows integrate WoL functionality into the [[Device Manager]]. This is available in the power management tab of each network device's driver properties. For full support of a device's WoL capabilities (such as the ability to wake from an ACPI S5 power-off state), installation of the full driver suite from the network device manufacturer may be necessary, rather than the bare driver provided by Microsoft or the computer manufacturer. In most cases{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} correct BIOS/UEFI configuration is also required for WoL to function.

The ability to wake from [[hybrid sleep]] is not officially supported in Windows.<ref name="wolinwin">{{cite web |url= https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2776718 |title='Wake on LAN' (WOL) behavior in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 |work=Microsoft |year=2015 |access-date=28 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101213021/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2776718 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |url-status=deviated}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/setup-upgrade-and-drivers/wake-on-lan-feature |title=Wake on LAN (WOL) behavior in Windows 10 |date=19 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="systempowerstates">{{cite web |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/power/system-power-states |title=System Power States |work=Microsoft |date=30 March 2023 |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c03774694|title=HP Support document |work=Hewlett-Packard Support Center |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> This is because of a change in the OS behavior which causes network adapters to be explicitly not armed for WoL when shutdown to these states occurs, so that those adapters don't consume power in what appears to the user to be a shutdown state, even though the system is just [[Hibernation (computing)|hibernating]]. WoL from a non-hybrid hibernation state when a user explicitly requests hibernation or a sleep state is supported. However, some hardware will enable WoL from states that are unsupported by Windows.<ref name="wolinwin" /><ref name="systempowerstates" />