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by tredre3 1019 days ago
No, he's right. Windows can wake the computer from total shut down even (S5). It uses RTC alarms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_clock_alarm
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"Can be set to wake up" doesn't mean "will wake up".
Modern versions wake up out of the box, you need to tinker with them to stop that.