Is there a way to set up the XP to automatically power-on?

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networm

Hi all,

I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings.

Can I set the PC to automatically power on in the morning of the second day?

I am having a fairly new PC. I bought this Dell 400 server in 2004.
 
Push the little button underneath the Dell logo first thing
after awakening in the morning.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| Hi all,
|
| I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings.
|
| Can I set the PC to automatically power on in the morning of the second day?
|
| I am having a fairly new PC. I bought this Dell 400 server in 2004.
 
Push the little button underneath the Dell logo first thing
after awakening in the morning.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Hi all,
|
| I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings.
|
| Can I set the PC to automatically power on in the morning of the second day?
|
| I am having a fairly new PC. I bought this Dell 400 server in 2004.
 
In networm <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Hi all,

I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings.

Can I set the PC to automatically power on in the morning of the
second day?
I am having a fairly new PC. I bought this Dell 400 server in 2004.
Click to expand...

Check in your BIOS setup utility for a wake-up or an alarm feature. Most new
systems have that capability.

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes
 
If you want FAST startup time..........why shut down push the winlogo key
plus the L on keyboard
shut the monitor down and go to bed
in the morning turn monitor on and sign in
peterk
 
networm said:
Hi all,

I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings.

Can I set the PC to automatically power on in the morning of the second
day?

I am having a fairly new PC. I bought this Dell 400 server in 2004.
Click to expand...

Don't joke with me. I asked this question because I don't want to push that
button in the morning...but while I am at work, I often needs to remote
control my home PC. So I want this PC to be powered on at certain times.
 
There is no way to do that. As for that you need to another device that will
be always on to monitor time and start up your pc at the proper time. As you
are saying that "I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings" so
there remains none to check for the time. Isn't that?
 
In networm <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
Don't joke with me. I asked this question because I don't want to
push that button in the morning...but while I am at work, I often
needs to remote control my home PC. So I want this PC to be powered
on at certain times.
Click to expand...

Once again, I have a number of PCs here that will happily resume from being
turned off at a specific time. It's called Alarm in the BIOS and it enables
me to set a wake-up time from a complete power-off state. It's pretty basic
and I think every computer I have purchased in the past three or so years
has had this feature. If your MOBO doesn't come with this feature you might
look for a BIOS update a the Dell site.

Galen
--

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward."

Sherlock Holmes
 
Pramit Roy said:
There is no way to do that. As for that you need to another device that
will
be always on to monitor time and start up your pc at the proper time. As
you
are saying that "I shut down my PC when I go to sleep in the evenings" so
there remains none to check for the time. Isn't that?
Click to expand...

Not true, my motherboard has a feature in the BIOS that will power up at a
specified time as long as the power supply has power and turned on. Or will
power up if the modem has detected an incoming transmission.
 
Try out a program called Wake on LAN (http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/)

For it to work your BIOS needs to have a setting like Remote wake up or
something set to on. I own a Dell GX270 and a GX110 and they both have that
setting and both are at least 2 years old, so i'm sure your server will have
this setting

Another couple of things that you need for this program (which needs to be
able to run on you WORK computer) is that it is "supposed" to work over the
internet (i've never tried it b4). Just make sure your power supply is on,
you know ur MAC address, your subnet mask, and if you have a router or
something with NAT (or NAPT) that you forward a port (and remember which
one)

Good luck to you, and i must admit the reply about pressing the button in
the morning was quite funny
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----- Original Message -----
From: "networm" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:18 PM
Subject: Is there a way to set up the XP to automatically power-on?
 
Try using Scheduled Tasks and schedule a program to run. In advanced
settings, there's a box that can be checked that will wake the
computer to run the task.
 
Try using Scheduled Tasks and schedule a program to run. In advanced
settings, there's a box that can be checked that will wake the
computer to run the task.
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Some BIOS's allow for the WAKE time to be setup.
 
Try using Scheduled Tasks and schedule a program to run. In advanced
settings, there's a box that can be checked that will wake the
computer to run the task.
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Think about this, Andy:

EXACTLY HOW do you expect the Windows utility called "Scheduled Tasks"
to be able to cause it to turn the machine on, if Windows is not
loaded (the Scheduled Tasks utility depends on Windows being loaded
into memory to work) if the machine is still turned off?

Unless the machine is already turned on, AND Windows is loaded into
memory to even CALL the Scheduled Tasks utility into memory to run,
NONE of it's utilities can do ANYTHING but sit there on the HD.
Programs aren't alive, after all.

Donald L McDaniel
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Try using Scheduled Tasks and schedule a program to run. In advanced
settings, there's a box that can be checked that will wake the
computer to run the task.
Click to expand...


Think about this:
In NO WAY can Windows turn the computer on by itself or load itself
into memory without FIRST being turned on. This is just not going to
happen, since the machine has to go through its built-in boot loader
BEFORE it can even load XP into memory. The two things are mutually
exclusive.

If there is no hardware "present" (Your computer for all intents and
purposes does not exist if no power is flowing to the machine. It is
just a lifeless hunk of metal, plastic, and silicon) FIRST, XP cannot
load. Can a piece of wood lift itself up off the ground? You might
as well ask that question instead.

Donald L McDaniel
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Solution:

CLAP ON, CLAP OFF!
http://wonderfulbuys.com/clap.asp?source=googleI&prod=kwd_clapper

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| Think about this:
| In NO WAY can Windows turn the computer on by itself or load itself
| into memory without FIRST being turned on. This is just not going to
| happen, since the machine has to go through its built-in boot loader
| BEFORE it can even load XP into memory. The two things are mutually
| exclusive.
|
| If there is no hardware "present" (Your computer for all intents and
| purposes does not exist if no power is flowing to the machine. It is
| just a lifeless hunk of metal, plastic, and silicon) FIRST, XP cannot
| load. Can a piece of wood lift itself up off the ground? You might
| as well ask that question instead.
|
| Donald L McDaniel
 
Why not buy a programmable timer from the hardware store? They usually have
little red or green pins that can be inserted to turn on or off a device
during a 24 hour period. They cost about $6. You could set it up to
automatically turn on your system at a given time every morning.

Dick
 
Solution:

CLAP ON, CLAP OFF!
http://wonderfulbuys.com/clap.asp?source=googleI&prod=kwd_clapper
Click to expand...

That is a possible solution. However, in NO WAY does the computer
boot itself up "by itself". A LIVING PERSON would have to clap their
hands FIRST, which effectively places the responsibility for booting
the computer squarely on YOUR shoulders, not Windows'.

Now, "Wake on LAN" could work automatically, IF another computer was
scheduled to send the WOL signal to your machine at the time you
desire. However, even this solution is not COMPLETELY automatic: A
computer SOMEWHERE still has to have power flowing to it FIRST, to
issue the command. Again, we have the case of a computer not being
able to 1) Plug itself in the wall 2) Apply power to itself. So SOME
PERSON, somewhere along the line, MUST apply the power to a machine to
start the chain.

No, Carey: a machine cannot apply power to itself, PERIOD, at this
stage in our technology.

ALL machines, from the simplest nano-motor to the most complex robot,
are JUST LIFELESS HUNKS of METAL, PLASTIC, and SILICON, after all.

Donald L McDaniel
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dlmcdaniel2005 said:
No, Carey: a machine cannot apply power to itself, PERIOD, at this
stage in our technology.
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You're wrong, many systems have a BIOS that includes a wake at time
setting so that you can set the computer to Wake Up at a certain time.
The OP's may not have that feature.
 
Solution:

CLAP ON, CLAP OFF!
http://wonderfulbuys.com/clap.asp?source=googleI&prod=kwd_clapper
Click to expand...

There ARE devices you can purchase very cheaply which can
AUTOMATICALLY and PROGRAMMATICALLY turn your machine on or off at a
certain time. Just plug one into the wall, then plug your machine
into it, and set the time you want it to start up.

However, Windows itself cannot be set to turn the machine on or off
automatically or programmatically.

Donald L McDaniel
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You're wrong, many systems have a BIOS that includes a wake at time
setting so that you can set the computer to Wake Up at a certain time.
The OP's may not have that feature.
Click to expand...

So the BIOS itself turns on the power? This must be in more modern
motherboards. Mine does have Wake On LAN settings, or Wake on Modem,
or Wake on keypress, or mouse-click. I guess I will have to go into
my BIOS and see if the BIOS can be set to turn the power on and boot
the computer at a certain time. It would really come in handy.

However, I have all my external devices, and the system unit and
monitor, plugged into a single power strip always turned on. All I do
when I turn the computer off is shut it down from the Start menu. To
start it, I must turn on each device separately, since I shut them
each off after shutting down XP.

This is probably redundant nowadays.

Donald L McDaniel
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