Figure 21: The Share with Media Devices application in Control Panel indicating whether the device can access a sleeping PC

By knowing which network media devices cannot wake the Windows 7 PC when it idles to sleep, a user can determine which option to select in the Share with Media Devices application in Control Panel to Prevent my PC from sleeping so that all devices can access my shared media.

A device that supports being awakened by magic packets must include the following element in its device description document:

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