is there a program to

[km]

turn your computer on at a certain time

 

[askia47]

don't know

 

[km]

then why post

 

[F1man]

Originally posted by km
then why post

Put his post count up.

 

[km]

come on i want to know if there is a program

 

[Solid Fro]

That is impossible. How could a program run if the computer is off?

 

[km]

well your computer is not toldly off cuz of the system clock right so i thought there would be somthing that they would make so your computer would turn it self on

 

[Solid Fro]

The system time is stored on the CMOS battery, it uses very, very little power. To run a program, you need the computer to be fully powered on, using CPU and memory, and have an OS. Even then, if a program could do it, it couldn't because a program cannot run when the computer is OFF.

 

[LoudMusic]

That's only partially true. There is another option called "wake-on-lan" where you can turn a computer on using the network card.

A "program" to wake a computer isn't possible because the operating system isn't functioning when the computer is off. However, instead of powering down the computer, you could tell it to 'sleep'. I believe software can 'wake' a 'sleeping' computer.

Best of luck on finding it though.

~LoudMusic

 

[Solid Fro]

KM, do you have a network card?

Of course you can wake a sleeping computer, Windows can do that for you. But, what KM is saying is cold booting a computer, no power at all.

 

[km]

Originally posted by Viper Zero
KM, do you have a network card?

Of course you can wake a sleeping computer, Windows can do that for you. But, what KM is saying is cold booting a computer, no power at all.

1. yes i have a nic card

2. i know about the wake on lan thing (sort of just don't understand how it works)

3. i thought that someone made a program or something that u can put in ur mobo that works like an alarm clock and would turn the computer on

 

[bigwhlkid]

there is a program like what you are asking about on the imac's at my school. i treid it and it did work though i am not sure if it has something to do with the network conection the computers have.

 

[f50]

some time im on the net a pop up like that apears on my pc when i'm on the net.
but i don't know where that come from,so i can't tell you where the program is but the next time i find i will let you know