Automated shutdown and startup

[Guest]

Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown and startup for
my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just wanted to save
power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of day these events
occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on at 3PM each day?

 

[DL]

Whilst you can trigger an auto shutdown at a specific time, you cannot auto
start since the PC would be powered off

 

[Panic]

You can if you set your BIOS to boot your computer upon application of
electrical power. I have my computer | monitor | speakers | cable modem and
other externals powered by a surge protecting power strip. It has
individual switches and a master power switch. When I flip my master power
switch on my computer boots up, monitor starts up, etc.

It's a little Rube Goldberg but he could insert a timer between his power
source and his computer. If he set up his BIOS to boot on power application
the computer would fire up when his timer applied power. He could then set
up his computer to shut down at a specific time. And have his timer set to
remove power after the shutdown.

If he wanted to control all his devices he could insert the timer between
the wall plug source and the power strip.

 

[Nepatsfan]

In

Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown
and startup for
my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just
wanted to save
power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of
day these events
occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on
at 3PM each day?

Automating startup is a function of your hardware. Check the
documentation for your computer to see if the system's BIOS
includes the ability to power on at a scheduled
time. If you're not sure where to locate this information, post
back with the make and model number of your computer.

As for shutting down at a scheduled time, the easiest way to
accomplish this is to create a scheduled task to run this
command, shutdown.exe /s, at a certain time of day.

For more info on the shutdown command, take a look at this
article.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shutdown.mspx?mfr=true

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Unknown]

Depends on your BIOS. Enter your BIOS and check under power..