Start Up Program

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It would seem that this would solve the problem if the computer was
hibernated with the power left on. Personally I would not know how to set
the BIOS to wake up at a certain time. Would this have to be a fixed time
each day, or could a script be devised to activate the waking-up process at
a required time each day?
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The time needs to be set from within the BIOS thus necessitating at
least two reboots. It would work, in my machine, on the same date each
month, eg 5th at a particular time. This does not seem particularly
useful to me. I would prefer to be able to perform the action every
day or, better still, a selection of days each week. It would be
possible to write a program which altered the BIOS after each start
but that would, obviously, only work with one brand of BIOS unless
some standard was in place.
 
When a computer is hibernated it writes the contents of memory to a file
on the harddisk then powers-off. To resume from the hibernated state you
must power-on the computer (their are no wake from hibernation options).
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I can't agree with this. Hibernation is equivalent to Stand-By not
Power-Off. My computer can wake from LAN, USB, Serial/Parallel Port,
Keyboard, Mouse, Drive activity and RTC. I'm not sure if the sound
card will activate wakeup without delving back into the BIOS settings
but I seem to recollect it being mentioned.

Power-Off does not write a file to the drive.
 
I can't agree with this. Hibernation is equivalent to Stand-By not
Power-Off. My computer can wake from LAN, USB, Serial/Parallel Port,
Keyboard, Mouse, Drive activity and RTC. I'm not sure if the sound
card will activate wakeup without delving back into the BIOS settings
but I seem to recollect it being mentioned.

Power-Off does not write a file to the drive.
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Hibernate lets you turn off your computer so that when you restart it,
everything is restored exactly as you left it, including unclosed
programs and documents. There's no need to worry about shutting down
quickly, and you also save power and wear and tear on your computer.

If you are interrupted often, you might also consider putting your
computer into automatic hibernation after a specified number of minutes.

When you put your computer into Hibernate mode:
- Everything in memory is saved on the disk.
- The monitor and hard disk are turned off.
- The computer is turned off.
 
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