Guest gbfanmn Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown and startup for my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just wanted to save power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of day these events occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on at 3PM each day?
Guest DL Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Automated shutdown and startup Whilst you can trigger an auto shutdown at a specific time, you cannot auto start since the PC would be powered off "gbfanmn" <gbfanmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D742CA57-BF98-4E71-9F44-DBB35A276DF8@microsoft.com... > Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown and startup > for > my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just wanted to > save > power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of day these > events > occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on at 3PM each > day? > >
Guest Panic Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Automated shutdown and startup You can if you set your BIOS to boot your computer upon application of electrical power. I have my computer | monitor | speakers | cable modem and other externals powered by a surge protecting power strip. It has individual switches and a master power switch. When I flip my master power switch on my computer boots up, monitor starts up, etc. It's a little Rube Goldberg but he could insert a timer between his power source and his computer. If he set up his BIOS to boot on power application the computer would fire up when his timer applied power. He could then set up his computer to shut down at a specific time. And have his timer set to remove power after the shutdown. If he wanted to control all his devices he could insert the timer between the wall plug source and the power strip. "DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message news:ebX$gNDCIHA.5752@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Whilst you can trigger an auto shutdown at a specific time, you cannot > auto start since the PC would be powered off > > "gbfanmn" <gbfanmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:D742CA57-BF98-4E71-9F44-DBB35A276DF8@microsoft.com... >> Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown and startup >> for >> my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just wanted to >> save >> power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of day these >> events >> occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on at 3PM each >> day? >> >> > >
Guest Nepatsfan Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Automated shutdown and startup In news:D742CA57-BF98-4E71-9F44-DBB35A276DF8@microsoft.com, gbfanmn <gbfanmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown > and startup for > my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just > wanted to save > power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of > day these events > occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on > at 3PM each day? Automating startup is a function of your hardware. Check the documentation for your computer to see if the system's BIOS includes the ability to power on at a scheduled time. If you're not sure where to locate this information, post back with the make and model number of your computer. As for shutting down at a scheduled time, the easiest way to accomplish this is to create a scheduled task to run this command, shutdown.exe /s, at a certain time of day. For more info on the shutdown command, take a look at this article. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/shutdown.mspx?mfr=true Good luck Nepatsfan
Guest Unknown Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 Re: Automated shutdown and startup Depends on your BIOS. Enter your BIOS and check under power.. "gbfanmn" <gbfanmn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D742CA57-BF98-4E71-9F44-DBB35A276DF8@microsoft.com... > Just wondering if there is a way for me to automate shutdown and startup > for > my PC, it's often idle during the day and overnight and just wanted to > save > power. Is there a utility that lets me specify what time of day these > events > occur, say shutdown every day at midnight and power back on at 3PM each > day? > >
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