How do I switch on my computer automatically?

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I want it to come on about 30min before I get
to work in the morning.

Frank
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Do you think it'll know if you're running late?



Leave it on from the night before!
 
I don't mean to hijack this post, but I have a similar question too. I use
Norton Ghost to create daily, incremental backups. I used to have my Power
Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
Inactivity". But because Norton Ghost uses it's own "Scheduling Agent", I can
no longer do that if I want the Ghost schedule to execute automatically. I
must leave my hard drive set to "On". The Windows Task Scheduler will wake
the computer, but the Ghost Agent will not.
I've been looking for a good way to wake the hard drive so that Ghost will
execute at the specified time. Any ideas? (I've asked Symantec for help.
Their answer is
You can't do that.)

Milt
 
Frank Martin said:
I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
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I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then check
in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS issue, how
could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
 
Uncle Grumpy,

Ive looked back at about your last 100 answers to peoples posts. You're not
very knowledgeable, but I'll have to say you are well named. Thanks for
trying to help though.

Milt
 
Rock,

You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while Franks
concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply to both
of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may be a
solution using Windows.

I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
schedule.

Thanks though,
Milt
 
Milt said:
Rock,

You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while
Franks
concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply to
both
of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may be a
solution using Windows.

I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
schedule.
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However much you may think there may be a solution using Windows doesn't
make it so. This is not an XP OS issue. There is no way to turn on a
computer using the OS because, well, the OS isn't running. It's strictly an
issue of capability in the BIOS and hardware.
 
Thanks for the comment Rock,

I won't dispute what you're saying, but I do know that entires in the
Windows Task Scheduler, such as my Norton Antivirus scheduled scan, do wake
the computer.

So will a .bat file such as:

REM wakeup.bat
REM 01/20/2007
REM simple program to do work to wake up the computer

echo started at date >> wakeup.log

But that's a clumsy way of doing it. I'm looking for a cleaner, simpler way.

Milt
 
Milt said:
Thanks for the comment Rock,

I won't dispute what you're saying, but I do know that entires in the
Windows Task Scheduler, such as my Norton Antivirus scheduled scan, do
wake
the computer.

So will a .bat file such as:

REM wakeup.bat
REM 01/20/2007
REM simple program to do work to wake up the computer

echo started at date >> wakeup.log

But that's a clumsy way of doing it. I'm looking for a cleaner, simpler
way.
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I thought the question was how to turn on the computer when it is turned
off. That's different than how to wake it from hibernation or sleep.
 
Rock,

Now I understand why you thought my question was "dumb". No, the computer is
ON, but the hard drive is shut down. (". I used to have my Power
Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
Inactivity".)
 
Milt said:
Rock,

Now I understand why you thought my question was "dumb". No, the computer
is
ON, but the hard drive is shut down. (". I used to have my Power
Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
Inactivity".)
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Well one of the problems is you hijacked this thread. This is an example of
why you shouldn't do that. Start a new thread with your question.
 
Frank Martin said:
I want it to come on about 30min before I get
to work in the morning.

Frank
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Here's what i do: If you are using WindowsXP instead of turning off your
computer at night--hibernate it. Then make a scheduled taskto run at 7:30 in
the morning if you arrive at 8. My scheduled task i call 'wake me up" and it
plays a mp3 song using realplayer and this task wakes the computer. I have
done this for 3 years and it has never failed. By the way 5 minutes would be
enough lead time. Hibernation file is restored very quickly, no need for 1/2
hour lead but that is up to you.
 
Rock said:
I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then
check in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS
issue, how could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
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Does that "power on from LAN" option have anything to do with the OS, or is
that BIOS related? I've never used it...
 
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