 Turn On Your Computer Automatically |
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 Jul 27 2005, 06:22 AM
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End Of Computer  Group: Members Posts: 346 Joined: 1-September 04 From: .:: MARS ::. Member No.: 28  |
Turn on your computer for a convenient time automatically
Go to your Computer Setup (press Del when your PC is loading). Go to “Power Management Setup” and enable “ PWron/Resume by alarm” and set date alarm and time alarm and then press F10 to save your change and turn off your pc. On specified date and time, your pc will turn on |
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Jul 27 2005, 02:35 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 292 Joined: 26-September 04 From: Bogotá, Colombia Member No.: 868 |
Great tip for maintance...
I can turn my pc 1 hour before waking up, and with windows task program a defraction of both my HD's and get it done at least once a week... And then turn it off when i wake up to get ready to go! |
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Jul 27 2005, 03:47 PM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 33 Joined: 26-July 05 From: Halifax Canada Member No.: 7,456 |
Wow, even after years of using computers inside and out, you can learn something new. Very useful, as i've always wanted to be able to do this, but I guess I was too lazy to actually find a way. Thanks now I can set up my comp to be an overpriced alarm clock
 But in all seriousness it'll definitly be handy in doing maintence while Im either asleep or away. |
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Jul 27 2005, 04:56 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 258 Joined: 22-December 04 From: Online, USA Member No.: 1,840 |
For those of you using a mac, there is a similar way to turn on your computer. Hey, we all need a wake up call now and again, right?
Go to the little blue Apple in the upper left hand corner and choose System Preferences. Go to Hardware-->Energy Saver and select it. Take a look at your choices under "Schedule" and you see where you can have your mac boot up and shut down. Under "Options" make sure you select "restart automatically after a power failure" just in case. ChicGhic, see! I told you that you'd learn something new here. soleimanian, thanks for starting this thread. Many don't use the features that come with their computers. I don't use the wake up feature myself, but maybe I should try it out. |
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Jul 28 2005, 02:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 193 Joined: 4-April 05 Member No.: 3,615 |
QUOTE(soleimanian @ Jul 27 2005, 02:22 AM) Turn on your computer for a convenient time automatically Go to your Computer Setup (press Del when your PC is loading). Go to “Power Management Setup” and enable “ PWron/Resume by alarm” and set date alarm and time alarm and then press F10 to save your change and turn off your pc. On specified date and time, your pc will turn on  QUOTE(Brian @ Jul 27 2005, 12:56 PM) For those of you using a mac, there is a similar way to turn on your computer. Hey, we all need a wake up call now and again, right? Go to the little blue Apple in the upper left hand corner and choose System Preferences. Go to Hardware-->Energy Saver and select it. Take a look at your choices under "Schedule" and you see where you can have your mac boot up and shut down. Under "Options" make sure you select "restart automatically after a power failure" just in case. ChicGhic, see! I told you that you'd learn something new here. soleimanian, thanks for starting this thread. Many don't use the features that come with their computers. I don't use the wake up feature myself, but maybe I should try it out. Thanks for the tips... I have both a PC and mac now I can have either turn one automatically when I need them to... |
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Jul 28 2005, 03:58 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 18-May 05 Member No.: 5,201 |
Oh hell yeah,
Now see what I mean when I say "where would I be without our community" ??. This is verry usefull info as most already stated for maintnance and the alarm clock idea is neat too LOL. |
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Jul 28 2005, 04:28 PM
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Member - Active Contributor Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: 25-July 05 From: OC, california Member No.: 7,432 |
this is so helpful for both my pc at home and my mac at work! thanks guys!
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Jul 28 2005, 06:45 PM
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Premium Member Group: Members Posts: 227 Joined: 25-April 05 Member No.: 4,369 |
QUOTE(soleimanian @ Jul 27 2005, 07:22 AM) Turn on your computer for a convenient time automatically Go to your Computer Setup (press Del when your PC is loading). Go to “Power Management Setup” and enable “ PWron/Resume by alarm” and set date alarm and time alarm and then press F10 to save your change and turn off your pc. On specified date and time, your pc will turn on nice one!:) I was wondering if it was possible but never really searched for an answer. Heh and now you just explained how it works. Great ! Thanks  |
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Jul 28 2005, 06:59 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 28-July 05 Member No.: 7,496 |
Good tip!
But I suppose it would be different for each computer. Depending on your BIOS. DELL, Compaq, Gateway, etc. all have different BIOS. |
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Aug 1 2005, 12:45 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 1-August 05 From: England Member No.: 7,568 |
cheers for that...that will be good when i am away for windows to update
or to pretend to my mates that my pc comes on when i clap 
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