set it and forget ,,,, doesn't turn on

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I want my computers running Win XP to wake up at night
and run scandisk and disk clean and defrag. I have done
this on many Win98 and WinNT machines with no problem.
The error message I first received is that I didn't have
valid password or user name. So set up an administrator
account on each machine just for this purpose... but to
no avail.
The task will only run when the computer is on when the
task is scheduled. Yes, I have check enable the computer
to run scheduled task and to wake up but again to no
avail.
Linda Marie Franchell
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HI Linda,

This might be a silly question, but what state are the computers in
overnight when they are expected to wake up

S1 Standby - CPU and Power Supply Fans Normally Still going disks and
monitor off
S3 Standby - Suspend to RAM PC silent, minimal power to refresh memory and
any device set to trigger wakeup like a NIC or a modem
S4 Hibernate - Suspend to disk - Everyting Off
S5 - Total Shutdown

The choice between s1 and s3 standby is set in the bios, xp runs whichever
type is selected.

Paul
 
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