auto shutdown:help:

[angelhunt]

hey, ive got another question =D.
it there anyway to set the pc to shutdown when its 6 in da morning ?,
thanks in advance

ps: shut down timer??

[Virtuosofriend]

Yes there is!Download IntelligentWakeUp software.It is great.You can auto shutdown , auto power on , and do other stuff too.
Google for it because i dont remember its site.I think it is rainyclouds.com but iam not sure.

[angelhunt]

hey sweet, u mean theres a prog to auto on?> sweeet,,,,thanks bro

[GrumpySpyGuy]

Actually Windows comes with scheduled tasks.. Just run that and it should run what you want. and turn the PC on.

[angelhunt]

windows scheduler dont work for me

[Ronin]

If you have windows scheduler and winXP, it works. If you have a legitimate problem, you could try their support line for free.

Another possibility is http://www.splinterware.com/products/wincron.htm, thats a very nice task program that works on all windows systems since 95.

In addition, this is the *latest* version of windows scheduler, try this if your version is old. http://www.tucows.com/preview/195734.html

[angelhunt]

sweet, can anyone teach me how to auto on/off my pc?. cuz when i open win schechduler, it give me a list of progs and i cant find the shutdown or on program, =D

thanks

[GrumpySpyGuy]

Well pick like notpad, then pick settings and then besure to choose "Wake computer for task" or something like that.

[angelhunt]

i dont get it... mean u can on the pc from a totally shutdown state, or must it be on the log in section...cuz it says auto log in...not auto on

[Syphon]

Well the only way to turn the computer "on" is to induce a current across the motherboard and capacitors and if the computer is turned off, unless you have an UPS or something I doubt highly you can do that, since software cannot turn the computer on when it is off.

[GrumpySpyGuy]

My mistake the box actually say: Wake the Computer to run this task.

That only wakes it from being idle.

[Virtuosofriend]

Syphon if you use the program i m talking about you can specify the exact time when the pc will turn on.

[Canuck]

you can specify the exact time when the pc will turn on.

As Syphon said I don't think there could be an auto turn on if the computer is actually turned off. I mean how can software give current to the motherboard?

Do you have a link to that software, I'd like to see how they do it?

nvm found the link www.rainyclouds.com was right gonna check it out.

[-Isvaffel-]

shutting down ur pc destroys yur uptime

[Canuck]

Well I tested the software and it is pretty slick altough it doesn't turn off your computer and turn it back on, just puts it in hibernate mode then back out. So no technically "turining it off", but it should work fine for what you want to do angelhunt.

[Virtuosofriend]

@maverick and syphon: Yes my mistake.The program can auto power on your pc only if it is hibernated.I have tested that.
@-Isvaffel-: instead of turning off your pc you can hibernate it.With hibernation the pc thinks that it is powered on and teh uptime doesnt reset.

[angelhunt]

oh, ic...my dad wont allow me to keep my pc on...i dont know how to tell him that its betetr to keep it on, any suggestion? lol...thanks for all the help ya'll. thank you :D

[Canuck]

Well it's not better to keep it on all the time so I don't know what you want me to say . . .

[Dark Blaze]

Uptime records... omg.. lol.. :D

[Virtuosofriend]

oh, ic...my dad wont allow me to keep my pc on...i dont know how to tell him that its betetr to keep it on, any suggestion? lol...thanks for all the help ya'll. thank you :D
Try crying , or promise that you wont dl any other pr0n ....

[Canuck]

Try crying , or promise that you wont dl any other pr0n ....

lol . . . nice post Virtuosofriend

[elbastardo]

oh, ic...my dad wont allow me to keep my pc on...i dont know how to tell him that its betetr to keep it on, any suggestion? lol...thanks for all the help ya'll. thank you :D

just tell him that if you are always turning it on and off you wear out moving parts like the hard drive. just dont mention the part that it takes a LONG time to do this.

[Shinosuke]

I never hibernated.

I think it's only a useful function for the laptop. Therefore, I dont know anything about it. Does it act the same as a reset, will it clear my RAM?

[elbastardo]

I never hibernated.

I think it's only a useful function for the laptop. Therefore, I dont know anything about it. Does it act the same as a reset, will it clear my RAM?
hibernate takes all the info in your ram writes it to a swap file, then when you "un-hiberate"(get it to start up again) it writes all the information that is in the swap file back to the ram.

[angelhunt]

mmh, ill try telling him...he said hes afraid that itll explode and cause fire -.-""....what can i say?>

[Virtuosofriend]

Tell him that the pc has an fire alarm built in which will set off everytime the temp rises...;P

[angelhunt]

is that a fact or just anotehr lie, lol, yeah, i might tell him that..and can anyone tell me how much eletricity computer eats per hour?, compare with air con??

[CRACKIT]

thanx guys im gunna put it on my girl freinds comp. cause she stays up to late on it.
i wonder if it will shut down pc while she is playing a game? thats what i need,she wont get off the dam thing! setting the screen saver to 10 seconds just makes her mad lol

[Virtuosofriend]

is that a fact or just anotehr lie, lol, yeah, i might tell him that..and can anyone tell me how much eletricity computer eats per hour?, compare with air con??
Air con ears more electricity than the pc but how many exactly i dont know.

[GrumpySpyGuy]

So it just sets your computer in Idle not really shutting down the power connection..

[elbastardo]

So it just sets your computer in Idle not really shutting down the power connection..
although it is still drawing power, it draws alot LESS power.

[GrumpySpyGuy]

Yes, but does someone really want to keep their comp on for that long?

[elbastardo]

Yes, but does someone really want to keep their comp on for that long?
why not? i leave my computer on for a week or 2 sometimes before resetting/shutting down, gaming every day on BF1942 for like 10 hours each day, and have no problems.

[Shinosuke]

my record was about a month+ i think, before CPU overheated (in the summer).

[Virtuosofriend]

Me record is 2 weeks and some days and the power went off ... :( :P.