Windows 10 USB Game Pad prevents Windows 10 computer from going into Sleep mode - Bug

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Glutenus Maximus

For a long time I was very frustrated because I could not figure out why my computer would not go to sleep by itself. I could make it Sleep by clicking on the Sleep icon in the Windows Power menu, but if I left it turned on and unattended, it would not go to sleep... until I disconnected the USB game pad.At no time did searching for solutions on Google mention anything about game pads interfering with PC Sleep Mode. Only after I started using search parameters including words like "game pad" did I find relevant information about this issue.This would appear to be either a BIOS and/or Windows b

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