How to Prevent Network Adapter From Getting Disabled on Resuming from Sleep Mode
One of my classmates was facing a problem recently that his network adapter gets disabled automatically 
after resuming from sleep mode. I guess, some of you might have faced this problem too. Here is a small solution to the problem.
Windows 7, by default, disables a network device to save power but the device is not automatically enabled when the system resumes from sleep. Many times people using wifi networks have this problem that after resuming from sleep the system is not connected to the network and has to be reconnected again.The problem here is not with the device , it is just a service of Windows which can be modified.
Usually once your network adapter is disabled you will need to head over to the troubleshooting option, to restore it and renew the IP which is too time consuming But the solution given below saves a lot of time and you do not have to perform it again and again, you need to do it just once. The solution is essentially to inform Windows that you do not need this service of Windows.
Procedure :
1. Go to Device Manager, right-click the network adapter(that keeps getting turned off), and select Properties.
2. Click on Power Management tab. Uncheck the option saying “Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power”. Click ok.
That should make it work. Now the adapter won’t get disabled whenever you put your system in sleep mode.
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