Win 10 Sleep/Shut Down issues

[writearts]

I've had this computer for ten years. Parts of it are a lot newer.
Win 10 Home Pro 64, 24 Gigs Ram, GForce 710 Vidcard, Gigabyte Socket 1156 mobo
2 Dell monitors

Today's quirk:: When I want to put my computer to sleep, I select Sleep from the Startup bar but it shuts the computer down instead. This started happening a few days ago.
Annoying. I've done some CCleaner hygiene, checked my Power settings, but I can't figure this one out.

Thanks Always!

[Steve R Jones]

Fix: Windows 10 Shuts Down Instead of Sleep
https://appuals.com/fix-windows-10-s....%20See%20More.

[writearts]

I'm still not getting Sleep on automatic, set to go to sleep after 25 minutes. I've run this and that. It's irritating and wasteful. I need help.

[fink]

What about using hibernate instead of sleep as a workaround for now?

[writearts]

HIbernate doesn't work either. Hmmm.

[jdc2000]

Have you tried a System Restore to a date when Sleep was working?

[writearts]

In spite of my best intentions I find my restore points disappeared except the latest one. Not my usual practice.

[writearts]

I've continued to search for the causes of my machine's refusal to sleep. I'm stumped. When a computer has little problems like this it often means that bigger problems are down the road. I'm concerned. I've watched many instructional vids but nothing applies. When I run command prompt I get "legacy kernel caller". That's all she wrote. I've referred to the pages you've linked, and still haven't found the solution.
I HATE to reformat. That may be the answer but first I have to be sure I have all my backup programs and apps ready. Thanks everyone!

[jdc2000]

Actually, Sleep has never worked reliably since Microsoft first introduced the capability. With Windows 10, it is even more problematic, since Windows 10 is perpetual beta software. Personally, I never use Sleep. If I want to save power, I will shut down the computer and switch off the PSU. I am satisfied if I can get my monitors to shut of the display after a preset time period. My desktop computers normally run 24/7/365.

[writearts]

You've spared me some anxiety, Jdc2000. As the computer is working well, I'm going to drop the issue, let it run when it runs, turn it off when I want and forget about the 'cure'. Thanks for your help.