Automatic Power-On

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Is there any way to set my computer to power on automatically at a certain
time each morning?

Thank you.

 

[Tim]

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The only way you can do this is if your motherboards bios supports this
option. So go thro your bios and take a look at the power management
options and any other power options that it has.


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Tim --
I'll look into that. Thank you!


"Tim" wrote:

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> The only way you can do this is if your motherboards bios supports this
> option. So go thro your bios and take a look at the power management
> options and any other power options that it has.
>
>
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The only thing I can think of, PhillyBilly, is maybe you could set up a
heavy ball bearing to ride down a narrow gully inclined enough and situated
correctly to activate your CPU's ON button. This, of course, would require
some sort of outside force such as an old-fashioned big-bell alarm clock,
the vibration of which would push the ball bearing onto the inclined gully
to start the process (or "get the ball rolling" - heh heh). The down side is
you will need to manually set the alarm clock every night.

Alternatively, you could Google "Rube Goldberg" for more ideas along this
line. :-D

I'm sorry, couldn't help myself. Just in a quirky mood today.
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"PhillyBilly" <PhillyBilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A1776350-FC85-42FE-87CF-CE8307936A9E@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to set my computer to power on automatically at a certain
> time each morning?
>
> Thank you.
>

 

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Thank you, Miss Mae, but I already tried that. The ball bearing simply
bounced off the CPU switch, hitting the floor and waking me up. Not an
improvement.

Rube Goldberg's approach would have required a live animal, which I don't
currently have.

But I am glad to see you're enjoying "spirits" of the holidays. Hoist one
for me.


"Miss Mae" wrote:

> The only thing I can think of, PhillyBilly, is maybe you could set up a
> heavy ball bearing to ride down a narrow gully inclined enough and situated
> correctly to activate your CPU's ON button. This, of course, would require
> some sort of outside force such as an old-fashioned big-bell alarm clock,
> the vibration of which would push the ball bearing onto the inclined gully
> to start the process (or "get the ball rolling" - heh heh). The down side is
> you will need to manually set the alarm clock every night.
>
> Alternatively, you could Google "Rube Goldberg" for more ideas along this
> line. :-D
>
> I'm sorry, couldn't help myself. Just in a quirky mood today.
> --
> Miss Mae
>
>
> "PhillyBilly" <PhillyBilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A1776350-FC85-42FE-87CF-CE8307936A9E@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any way to set my computer to power on automatically at a certain
> > time each morning?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
>
>
>