x_6985381 Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Alright i was wondering about a program, and dont get me wrong i really would like this program on my computer. but are there program's on the Net, downloadable, that auto-start your computer. Something user-friendly, i just want it to like auto-start at like 2:00pm so its up and running when i get home, because i dont wanna idle when sisters home, she likes to mess with stuff, but yeah. can anyone help me - jake.philly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Can't you make yourself the only user in accounts? Start, control panel,user accounts, etc...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x_6985381 Posted May 2, 2006 Author CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 but i dont wanan idle my pc all day, i'd rather have it auto-start seem's easier on the computer : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 I personally juststart it up, and go do some stuff, then it is ready when I get back. Or maybe just a quicker start up time. http://www.testmy.net/forum/t-11849 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 there isnt anything like that its not really possible - when computer is shut down, nothing is operating - nothing is processing data - so it cant do anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcornucopia Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Whats that wake on lan thing for? I've always disabled it but never knew what it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 yeah you could do that.. you need a WOL complient motherboard and NIC.. but that is a possibillity.. you are also going to need another computer to send the packets.. Which would be easy to do with this program, http://magicpacket.free.fr/ , and maybe windows scheduler? http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/mini-howto/ The other thing that you could try is hibernate with a password on the computer. That way the system is saved just as you left it and then shuts down http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/tune-11.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Some BIOS's let you put a password to just even start the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Some BIOS's (mine included) have a auto turn on feature... you would have to look around in your BIOS. A program wouldn't be able to do it though, except maybe from another computer. But I haven't had good luck with WOL (in other words... I've never been able to get it to work on any of my computers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheoxs Posted May 2, 2006 CID Share Posted May 2, 2006 Yep, my dell has a feature within the bios that just auto starts it at a certain time (this also drove me nuts because we shut down our computer and in the morning its back on, confused until finally found that setting) Yea there should just be a auto start option within the bios. Odd windows doesnt have somethin to allow it to, all the macs we have at school you can set to auto start and auto shut down whenever you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 I don't think it's odd. Your computer has to start up before the OS starts up. That's why Windows doesn't have such a feature. I doubt Macs do either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheoxs Posted May 3, 2006 CID Share Posted May 3, 2006 macs do, its apple menu --> preferences --> energy saving --> Auto on and Auto off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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