I want it to come on about 30min before I get
to work in the morning.

Frank

On Feb 19, 7:51 am, "Frank Martin" <f...@general.com.au> wrote:
> I want it to come on about 30min before I get
> to work in the morning.
>
> Frank

Do you think it'll know if you're running late?



Leave it on from the night before!

"Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in message
news:eG5Wp65UHHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.


Get the BIOS for an alarm feature that will power on the computer.

I don't mean to hijack this post, but I have a similar question too. I use
Norton Ghost to create daily, incremental backups. I used to have my Power
Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
Inactivity". But because Norton Ghost uses it's own "Scheduling Agent", I can
no longer do that if I want the Ghost schedule to execute automatically. I
must leave my hard drive set to "On". The Windows Task Scheduler will wake
the computer, but the Ghost Agent will not.
I've been looking for a good way to wake the hard drive so that Ghost will
execute at the specified time. Any ideas? (I've asked Symantec for help.
Their answer is
You can't do that.)

Milt


"Frank Martin" wrote:

> I want it to come on about 30min before I get
> to work in the morning.
>
> Frank
>
>
>

Milt <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I don't mean to hijack this post

Yes you did. Would it have been so freakin' hard to start your own
thread?

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I don't mean to hijack this post, but I have a similar question too.

<snip>

Then don't.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
>I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.

I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then check
in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS issue, how
could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Uncle Grumpy,

Ive looked back at about your last 100 answers to peoples posts. You're not
very knowledgeable, but I'll have to say you are well named. Thanks for
trying to help though.

Milt



"Uncle Grumpy" wrote:

> Milt <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I don't mean to hijack this post
>
> Yes you did. Would it have been so freakin' hard to start your own
> thread?
>

Rock,

You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while Franks
concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply to both
of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may be a
solution using Windows.

I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
schedule.

Thanks though,
Milt

"Rock" wrote:

> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
> >I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
>
> I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then check
> in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS issue, how
> could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Rock,
>
> You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while
> Franks
> concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply to
> both
> of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may be a
> solution using Windows.
>
> I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
> schedule.

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
>> >I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
>>
>> I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then
>> check
>> in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS issue,
>> how
>> could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.


However much you may think there may be a solution using Windows doesn't
make it so. This is not an XP OS issue. There is no way to turn on a
computer using the OS because, well, the OS isn't running. It's strictly an
issue of capability in the BIOS and hardware.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Vanguard" <no@mail.invalid> wrote in message
news:u4Vw0$5UHHA.1552@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote in
> message
> news:eG5Wp65UHHA.4076@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I want it to come on about 30min before I
>>get to work in the morning.
>
>
> Get the BIOS for an alarm feature that will
> power on the computer.


Thank you, I'll check this out.

Thanks for the comment Rock,

I won't dispute what you're saying, but I do know that entires in the
Windows Task Scheduler, such as my Norton Antivirus scheduled scan, do wake
the computer.

So will a .bat file such as:

REM wakeup.bat
REM 01/20/2007
REM simple program to do work to wake up the computer

echo started at date >> wakeup.log

But that's a clumsy way of doing it. I'm looking for a cleaner, simpler way.

Milt



"Rock" wrote:

> "Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > Rock,
> >
> > You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while
> > Franks
> > concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply to
> > both
> > of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may be a
> > solution using Windows.
> >
> > I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
> > schedule.
>
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
> >> >I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
> >>
> >> I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then
> >> check
> >> in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS issue,
> >> how
> >> could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
>
>
> However much you may think there may be a solution using Windows doesn't
> make it so. This is not an XP OS issue. There is no way to turn on a
> computer using the OS because, well, the OS isn't running. It's strictly an
> issue of capability in the BIOS and hardware.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> Thanks for the comment Rock,
>
> I won't dispute what you're saying, but I do know that entires in the
> Windows Task Scheduler, such as my Norton Antivirus scheduled scan, do
> wake
> the computer.
>
> So will a .bat file such as:
>
> REM wakeup.bat
> REM 01/20/2007
> REM simple program to do work to wake up the computer
>
> echo started at date >> wakeup.log
>
> But that's a clumsy way of doing it. I'm looking for a cleaner, simpler
> way.

> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>> > Rock,
>> >
>> > You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while
>> > Franks
>> > concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply
>> > to
>> > both
>> > of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may
>> > be a
>> > solution using Windows.
>> >
>> > I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
>> > schedule.
>>
>> > "Rock" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
>> >> >I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
>> >>
>> >> I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then
>> >> check
>> >> in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS
>> >> issue,
>> >> how
>> >> could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
>>
>>
>> However much you may think there may be a solution using Windows doesn't
>> make it so. This is not an XP OS issue. There is no way to turn on a
>> computer using the OS because, well, the OS isn't running. It's strictly
>> an
>> issue of capability in the BIOS and hardware.


I thought the question was how to turn on the computer when it is turned
off. That's different than how to wake it from hibernation or sleep.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

Rock,

Now I understand why you thought my question was "dumb". No, the computer is
ON, but the hard drive is shut down. (". I used to have my Power
Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
Inactivity".)

"Rock" wrote:

> "Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > Thanks for the comment Rock,
> >
> > I won't dispute what you're saying, but I do know that entires in the
> > Windows Task Scheduler, such as my Norton Antivirus scheduled scan, do
> > wake
> > the computer.
> >
> > So will a .bat file such as:
> >
> > REM wakeup.bat
> > REM 01/20/2007
> > REM simple program to do work to wake up the computer
> >
> > echo started at date >> wakeup.log
> >
> > But that's a clumsy way of doing it. I'm looking for a cleaner, simpler
> > way.
>
> > "Rock" wrote:
> >
> >> "Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> >>
> >> > Rock,
> >> >
> >> > You're quite right. But I added my post to this thread because while
> >> > Franks
> >> > concern and mine are a little different, the same solution will apply
> >> > to
> >> > both
> >> > of us. And while it's not a Windows "problem", I think that there may
> >> > be a
> >> > solution using Windows.
> >> >
> >> > I have looked and my BIOS does not offer any way to wake the machine on
> >> > schedule.
> >>
> >> > "Rock" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> "Frank Martin" <fm@general.com.au> wrote
> >> >> >I want it to come on about 30min before I get to work in the morning.
> >> >>
> >> >> I have my secretary do it. If that options not available to you then
> >> >> check
> >> >> in the BIOS to see if it has that capability. It is not an XP OS
> >> >> issue,
> >> >> how
> >> >> could it be since the computer isn't running so the OS isn't.
> >>
> >>
> >> However much you may think there may be a solution using Windows doesn't
> >> make it so. This is not an XP OS issue. There is no way to turn on a
> >> computer using the OS because, well, the OS isn't running. It's strictly
> >> an
> >> issue of capability in the BIOS and hardware.
>
>
> I thought the question was how to turn on the computer when it is turned
> off. That's different than how to wake it from hibernation or sleep.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

"Milt" <Milt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> Rock,
>
> Now I understand why you thought my question was "dumb". No, the computer
> is
> ON, but the hard drive is shut down. (". I used to have my Power
> Options Properties set to "Turn Off Hard Drive After 20 Minutes Of
> Inactivity".)

Well one of the problems is you hijacked this thread. This is an example of
why you shouldn't do that. Start a new thread with your question.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]