To turn off your computer or leave it on?

Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn itself
off and back on again at predetrminted times?

Thanks... Bob

My question is: why would you want to? Curious

Tyro

"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:8zyal.7604$...
> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>
> Thanks... Bob

nope

"Bob Newman" wrote:

> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn itself
> off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>
> Thanks... Bob
>
>

First let me say that I use my computer a total of about 3-4 hours a day and
have always left it on. I ask this question primarily because we are adding
a second computer for my wife who will probably use it about 1/2 of that
time. Here are a few agreements for each option although I am not
interested in debating them in this thread.

On:
A. I can't stand waiting forever to finish booting up
B. Life of components (I've heave agreements both way on this on)
C. Run a back-up program at night while computer is not in use

Off:
A. Life of components (I've heave agreements both way on this on)
B. A restart now and then is good for the system
C. Energy consumption

Bob


"Tyro" <> wrote in message
news:xFyal.11152$...
> My question is: why would you want to? Curious
>
> Tyro
>
> "Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
> news:8zyal.7604$...
>> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
>> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
>> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>>
>> Thanks... Bob
>

On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:13:21 -0500, "Bob Newman" <>
wrote:

>Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
>computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn itself
>off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>

Use scheduled tasks to put the computer into sleep/hibernation and
wake up from same.

>Thanks... Bob

sgopus <> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
>> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
>> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>
> nope
>

Wrong.

ss.

You can set the computer to turn off after X number of seconds, counted from
when it was started (shutdown command auto run at startup).

Turning ON the computer automatically depends upon what options are
available in the bios. Some have it, some don't.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:8zyal.7604$...
> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>
> Thanks... Bob

Richard Urban <> wrote:

<top-posting macro corrected>

>> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
>> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
>> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>>
>
> You can set the computer to turn off after X number of seconds, counted
> from when it was started (shutdown command auto run at startup).
>
> Turning ON the computer automatically depends upon what options are
> available in the bios. Some have it, some don't.
>

You can turn on modern ACPI compliant machines using Task Scheduler, even
when there is no BIOS option to turn it on a specified time.

ss.

"Bob Newman" <> wrote in message
news:8zyal.7604$...
> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>
> Thanks... Bob

I do not believe you have asked the greatest computer question of all time.
Please research and then post the real computer question of all time.

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message news:...
> sgopus <> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to have you cke and eat too in answer to the greatest
>>> computer question of all time? Can you set a Vista computer to turn
>>> itself off and back on again at predetrminted times?
>>
>> nope
>>
>
> Wrong.
>
> ss.
>
>

And your support for this answer is?