Is it possible to an app that listens to the Windows audio input to let the system save power?

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From the moment we call Win API's WaveInOpen method the system won't sleep nor hibernate until this stream is closed. Is there any workaround for this?

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Wild guess: try calling SetThreadExecutionState(ES_CONTINUOUS) on the same thread that called WaveInOpen.