XP automatic boot

Postby **Dv8** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:37 pm

Gday peeps ,

just wondering if their is anyway to get XP to boot @ a certain time ?

My mum wants do D/L stuff during the night , so is their anyway to get XP to turn on the computer @ a time i determine ?

cheers...

Postby **blink** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:19 pm

Just leave the machine on. If you switch off the monitor, the PC uses about the same amount of power as a light bulb.

Postby **Dv8** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:30 am

The reason i want it to turn on is that she doesnt want to use her peak usage to D/L stuff ,

So if i can get it to turn on at say 1:00 am she will D/L off peak .

Postby **BUSTER** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:46 am

There may be a setting in you bios "Wake Alarm" or something like that were you can schedule a time on.

Postby **disgracian** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:25 am

Wouldn't it be far easier to just schedule the downloads either through the router or the software? What software/router does she have?

Postby **jof** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:13 pm

Utorrent has got a nice little scheduler built in to it... I think you'd have to have the PC left on to utilize it though.

Postby **disgracian** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:30 pm

It does. Most Billion ADSL routers support QoS too.

..ME.. · Postby **..ME..** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:24 pm

I would just use the torrent program to do it but expect an email/phone call from ur isp saying that ur violating the agreements, your sposed to be sitting at ur computer while dl'ing

Postby **Leone** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:23 pm

That was a joke right ME?

Anyway UTorrent scheduler works like a charm...I pretty much used it all the time except at the end of the month (when I made my ISP bleed...

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..ME.. · Postby **..ME..** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 6:33 pm

i got a gay email

its part of the terms you sign..

Postby **Kamikazee** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:06 pm

Everyone loves LAN piracy... even on a 10mg link.

Postby **Rusty** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:50 pm

What ISP you with ME?

Postby **Dv8** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:38 am

cheers , she uses Utorrent , i tried that scheduler , but it still seemed to D/L in the unscheduled ,part of the day , i,ll have to play around with it , unless someone here can tell me what im doing wrong :-D

Postby **disgracian** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:31 am

Make sure that "Disable DHT when turning off" is ticked (if you use DHT of course).

..ME.. · Postby **..ME..** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:41 pm

Rusty: Optusnet...

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