Re: automatic bootup??
- From: "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:21:59 -0600
rontiara wrote:
I shut down my computer as usual last night, and as usual Windows
turned itself off. All very routine. But I forgot to turn off the
surge protector power switch, and this morning, I discovered the
computer had turned itself back on about two hours ago.
I'm assuming there's something I have to check or uncheck to make
that stop happening, but I'm unable to find where to do it.
Shenan Stanley wrote:
Not a function of the operating system.
Since it cannot be loaded without power.
You need to look in the System Setup/BIOS for a setting or two.
Wake-on-LAN and a method for turning on the computer at a given
time.
rontiara wrote:
I thought it would be in BIOS, too. I spent quite some time going
through the setup, but could find nothing about wake up or start
time -- or, for that matter, LAN settings.
What is the make/model of the computer?
Perhaps we can help you locate it.
If it is coming on - on its own - it is either a BIOS setting or you have it
setup to power on after a power outage (Power Settings in the BIOS) and it
is either plugged into a timer, a bad UPS or you get surges often...
There is *no* function of Windows XP that can turn on the same computer it
is installed/running on...
After all - if Windows XP isn't running - neither is the job to turn on the
computer.
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