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     Good Morning to all you Guys and Ladies,     I'm one of "THEM"  that turn-in after midnight and am always up before 0400 .         I have a 1/2 hour of wasted time while my PC runs my daily virus scan.  
     
     Is there some way I can get my PC to just  "TURN-ON " at a given time  such as 0330.  ?      Also it would be nice to have it  turn-off at a set time just in case i'm too busy to get back to it right away.          

     Also  [ ahem ]  to let it know that I am still in charge.

     Appreciate your help.                                caveman
     

i dont know about turning on but you can set your computor to turn of after a sertan amount of time sitting still this is done in the same place where you change your screen saver but your probobly smart enugh to figure the rest out  

..Or reschedule your virus scan to a time during your day when the machine is normally idle....

..or set your scan to manual, starting it at your convenience....

...or leave it on, what's another 4 hours  :)

Dave

i know on my dell that if you go into the set up menu(F2 key when starting up) there is an option that allows you to set a time where you want the pc to start up (its called 'auto power on').  it allows you to set a time and whether you want it daily/weekly etc.  i dont think all pcs' have this option tho, as my packard bell does not (dont quote me on that, i havnt actually looked).  hpoe this helps,

Scott

Hey Guys,     Nice of you to take the time on my question.     I make no claims to "smart"  ;D        As you can see  I didn't even think of leaving the PC on - - - just habit of turning off things not in use.    Hey Scott - - -will check out that "autopower on".       [ Vavavoom   -   -   cool man ]
               
                  caveman