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Juan Solana
Juan Solana

Reputation: 157

Scheduling a windows start on C

I'm wondering if it's possible to turn on a computer by itself after shutting it down but without me having to press the button. Let's say that I shut down my computer and I want that it turns on by itself after 10 minutes or 1 hour, or 1 day after. Or maybe I want to restart my computer, but I don't want it to turn on inmediately after going of, I want to set a time in between.

So far I just have a very simple code that can shut it down or restart it, and I can set a time before the restart happens.

I hope I made myself clear.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 53

Answers (1)

Fabio Ceconello
Fabio Ceconello

Reputation: 16039

The computer itself can't "wakeup" without external help, but there are some ways to make it start without physically pressing the power button.

If the computer was powered down by the UPS due to power outage (wich itself shut down the battery-supplied power afterwards) it is possible (in some machines) to program the BIOS so the machine will be turned on when the power is restored.

If it was powered down by any other means, it is also possible (depending on hardware support) to have wake-up-on-lan enabled. There are many tutorials on how to do it, like this one.

Upvotes: 1

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