Power Management Issue

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We're using an enterprise edition of spyware software that kicks off at
midnight and scans every workstation. In order for each workstation to be
scanned, they have to be powered on. Some staff are concerned about wasting
energy resources.

Is there a way to put machines on standby or hibernate and wake them up at
midnight so the spyware scan can run and then power them back down again?
Thanks for your help.
 
bscace said:
We're using an enterprise edition of spyware software that kicks off at
midnight and scans every workstation. In order for each workstation to be
scanned, they have to be powered on. Some staff are concerned about wasting
energy resources.

Is there a way to put machines on standby or hibernate and wake them up at
midnight so the spyware scan can run and then power them back down again?
Thanks for your help.
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If the workstations have the required hardware and BIOS, you can use
Wake On LAN.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wake+on+lan&btnG=Google+Search

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bscace said:
We're using an enterprise edition of spyware software that kicks off
at midnight and scans every workstation. In order for each
workstation to be scanned, they have to be powered on. Some staff
are concerned about wasting energy resources.

Is there a way to put machines on standby or hibernate and wake them
up at midnight so the spyware scan can run and then power them back
down again? Thanks for your help.
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Yes. Use Help & Support for detials. Also check out scheduler.
 
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