deny shut down

[Guest]

ill be being away from my pc and accessing it remotely for a month
is there any way i can make absolutely sure that i wont shut it down
accidentally from remote access?
and/or some mechanism to turn it on remotely after accidentally doing
start>shut down?
id appreciate any help

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

AFAIK there is no way to prevent someone simply pulling the plug and
shutting down the PC. You could put it on a UPS to prevent power failures of
short duration from shutting the PC down. If it does shutdown you could try
using Wake-On-LAN to power up the PC remotely. I believe you would need to
forward/open UDP Port 9 through any firewall/router the PC is behind.

http://winhlp.com/WxWOL.htm

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[Peter]

ill be being away from my pc and accessing it remotely for a month

is there any way i can make absolutely sure that i wont shut it down
accidentally from remote access?
and/or some mechanism to turn it on remotely after accidentally doing
start>shut down?
id appreciate any help

You can turn it on, on schedule, using BIOS options.

 

[Guest]

thanks
im afraid youre right about pulling out the plug, i am referring to
accidentally go to start > shut down "remotely" and shut down the remote
computer, what do i do then?
help a dummy:
what is wake-on-lan and how do i open port 9

 

[Guest]

thanks peter,
have any idea where i can find this option?

 

[Sooner Al [MVP]]

Wake-On-LAN is described on the page I pointed you to. Check your
firewall/router manual for help forwarding/opening UDP Port 9. If your
connected directly to the public internet and your PC is running the XP SP2
Windows Firewall see this page for help...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;875357#E0YC0ACAAA

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[Peter]

thanks peter,

have any idea where i can find this option?

What computer/motherboard model number do you have?

 

[Guest]

amd athlon
x86 family 6
model 8
stepping 1
mhz 1009
system: AWRDACPI
bios: Award Software International, Inc. F2

 

[Peter]

amd athlon

x86 family 6
model 8
stepping 1
mhz 1009
system: AWRDACPI
bios: Award Software International, Inc. F2

That's processor and bios. What about computer brand and make or motherboard
number?