Can my I make my PC start automatically/use it as an alarm clock?

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I would like my PC to start automatically at a certain time to use it as an
alarm clock. Someone said that it is possible but I don't know how. Can
anyone help please?
Thanks
 
G said:
I would like my PC to start automatically at a certain time to use it as an
alarm clock. Someone said that it is possible but I don't know how. Can
anyone help please?
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There is often an option to do this in the BIOS.

ss.
 
G said:
Thank you but I'm not very techy so I don't know what that means!
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When you start your computer, one of the first messages you get should tell
you to press Del, F2, F12, or some other key, to enter SETUP.

This will take you into your BIOS settings. Be careful to not change any
settings that you do not understand!

There is very likely to be an area, possibly around Boot Options, that will
give you an option to wake the computer up at a certain time.

After doing that you will have to Exit while remembering to Save your
changes.

ss.
 
G said:
Thank you but I'm not very techy so I don't know what that means!
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You can also schedule tasks to wake the computer and play a piece of music
or whatever.

Start > Help & Support > "task scheduler"
 
G - It's quite simple, if you haven't figured it out yet.
Start your computer, press F2 or whatever it is on yor machine to enter Setup.
Scroll down to Power Management.
On your right you see Auto Power On. Go from there.

You use keys for this per instructions lower left. Wayne
 
Jon said:
You can also schedule tasks to wake the computer and play a piece of music
or whatever.

Start > Help & Support > "task scheduler"
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Are you serious? How can Task Scheduler wake up the computer? It will only
be able to do this from Standby, or Sleep mode.

ss.
 
G - I decided to try it out so as not to steer you wrong. Works perfectly!
Setting the time is easy. Don't know how this will wake you up, though. Are
you a really light sleeper?
Wayne
 
Wayne L said:
G - I decided to try it out so as not to steer you wrong. Works perfectly!
Setting the time is easy. Don't know how this will wake you up, though.
Are
you a really light sleeper?
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Well done with your accomplishment, but you keep on replying to the wrong
person. Highlight the post of the person you are replying to before
pressing Reply.

ss.
 
Synapse - Sorry about that but I am accessing these threads the wrong way, I
know. Is there a simple tutorial on using Windows Mail newsgroups? Wayne
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
Are you serious? How can Task Scheduler wake up the computer? It will
only be able to do this from Standby, or Sleep mode.

ss.
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Yep, I'm serious. It will also wake from hibernation. If your normal setting
is for your computer to hibernate after a specific period of idle time, then
it works well.
 
Jon said:
Yep, I'm serious. It will also wake from hibernation. If your normal
setting is for your computer to hibernate after a specific period of idle
time, then it works well.
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And how does this work then? Does the Vista task Scheduler directly
interface with the BIOS now? How can an operating system make the computer
turn on like that? Although I have not used the Task Scheduler in Vista for
anything yet, I am finding this hard to believe.

ss.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
And how does this work then? Does the Vista task Scheduler directly
interface with the BIOS now? How can an operating system make the
computer turn on like that? Although I have not used the Task Scheduler
in Vista for anything yet, I am finding this hard to believe.

ss.
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I won't pretend to understand the hardware mechanisms involved, but it does
work. Think it's something along the lines of hibernation not being fully
off, but a small current being maintained to vital areas, but you will
probably find a better explanation via google.

The best thing to do is to try it. Schedule notepad to run in say 5 minutes
time, and put your computer into hibernation mode. The only proviso is to
check the 'Wake the computer to run this task' checkbox on the 'Conditions'
tab for the task.

It's also a very handy technique for running tasks that you'd perhaps rather
not be around for eg defragging of drives, periodic chkdsks, etc
 
Jon said:
I won't pretend to understand the hardware mechanisms involved, but it
does work. Think it's something along the lines of hibernation not being
fully off, but a small current being maintained to vital areas, but you
will probably find a better explanation via google.

The best thing to do is to try it. Schedule notepad to run in say 5
minutes time, and put your computer into hibernation mode. The only
proviso is to check the 'Wake the computer to run this task' checkbox on
the 'Conditions' tab for the task.

It's also a very handy technique for running tasks that you'd perhaps
rather not be around for eg defragging of drives, periodic chkdsks, etc
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Well, if what you say is correct, this is very interesting, and could be
very handy, and much more flexible than waking the computer up through the
BIOS.

I'm using my XP laptop right now, so I'll have to remember to check this out
when I get home in a couple of days.

ss.
 
Synapse Syndrome said:
Well, if what you say is correct, this is very interesting, and could be
very handy, and much more flexible than waking the computer up through the
BIOS.

I'm using my XP laptop right now, so I'll have to remember to check this
out when I get home in a couple of days.

ss.
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You're welcome. NB It also works with XP.
 
Jon said:
You're welcome. NB It also works with XP.

--
Jon


Thanks guys. However I'm still struggling with the technicalities a bit - I need to use BIOS to turn it on and then scheduler to play the music? I'm sorry to be a pain but you're going to need to spell it out for me - I tried going in scheduler but I don't understand the bit where it asks what script to run.
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Thanks
 
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