Hi again, is there something to power on a pc at certain hour? the reason is am doing a download of a really big file, using flashget, and i want the pc auto turn on itself at 7:00am (time the servers get on) sadly am not in the office until 3:00pm and am loosing hours of downloading. FYI: The servers shuting down every day at 8:00pm and restart at 7:00am so I cant leave my machine on all the night. If is there such a program to turn the pc on (what i doubt) let me know. Thanks and sorry for this almost dumb question. Mobo: Intel 865PERL Chipset: Intel® 865PE CPU: Intel Pentium IV 2.8 GHZ RAM: 512MB DDR Video: SIS-315e 32MB Audio : SoundMAX4XL HD: Maxtor IDE 120GB

Found something in Google, a program called Auto Power On and Shutdown 2.02 but is shareware, i'll continue searching for some freeware. Sorry for not take a look in Google before the post, c'mon, you are so f***ing good that you are my first choice when i have problems. :) Google is not so good to me. Anyway if you found or know some good software i'll appreciate. Mobo: Intel 865PERL Chipset: Intel® 865PE CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHZ RAM: 512MB SDRAM Video: ATI Radeon 7000 Series 64MB Audio : SoundMAX4XL HD: Maxtor IDE 120GB

The only way I know of you can do that for sure is: - you set you bios Setup settings to re-start the computer after power is restored after an AC power loss, or similar. - you connect at least the computer PS cord, or whatever power block it is pligged into, to a grounded AC timer switch, such as one you would use for a car block heater in the winter - it MUST be grounded. Obviously if you don't have a grounded timer switch, you must purchase one. - set the timer to the time you want the computer to turn off in the evening (e.g. 8pm), and when you want it to turn on in the morning (e.g. 7am) - when the timer restores power to the computer in the morning, the bios setting will make it automatically start up.

There are X10 devices that will turn devices on remotely or with a special clock. However, not very practical for a one time event. Do yourself a favor BACKUP!

i have seen some computers where it can be set in the bios to power on at a cerain time each day. Others I have seen where there is a setting to power on from lan or modem - can you use that, so that it powers up when server comes on, or by plugging modem into phoen point and then phoning the telephone number of that phone point from home to power up computer

Assuming this all goes according to plan, isn't the system passworded or are you logged in automatically as well? The Secret Letter From Iraq

no, no password at all i'll try everything you said here, the phone call is a good idea as the Lan wake method as well. Any more ideas, tomorrow i let you know what happened. Mobo: Intel 865PERL Chipset: Intel® 865PE CPU: Intel Pentium IV 3.0 GHZ RAM: 512MB SDRAM Video: ATI Radeon 7000 Series 64MB Audio : SoundMAX4XL HD: Maxtor IDE 120GB