Some people just don't think.

[OriginalGriff]

A question just appeared, which basically sums up to "I want to use C# to start my computer at a specified date and time" I'm not suggesting in any way that you should go and abuse him - please don't - but am I getting too old for this? Do they not teach people that computers don't run software when the power is off anymore? Banging your head on a desk is wonderful; it feels so good when you stop...

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[Lost User]

Should that even have to be taught?

[Mycroft Holmes]

It has to be worth the effort of replying, question on that level need to be ignored, not even worth abusing the idiot, just let them fade in obscurity. Having said that catch me on a particularly crappy Monday and I'll happily beat them with my sarcasm stick! Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Joezer BH]

I want to use C# to shutdown the computer at a specified date and time in the past, Is it possible or do I have to use CPP for such things?

Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.

[OriginalGriff]

You need to use T++ to use the Tachyon class and affect past events.

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

[M dHatter]

Call oversea tech support and have them read from a manual. :-\ Is the green light on?

Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. :)

[dan sh]

It can be done. Pretty simple. See sharply and concentrate on teh computer. Then, use your internal positive energy to channel external negative energy towards computer. Wait till eternity and it will be done.

"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

[pkfox]

He probably means WOL - oh wait ! He probably doesn't ;-)

When the going gets weird the weird turn pro - Hunter S Thompson RIP

[Joezer BH]

Great tnx Griffy, I've downloaded the cTachReverseulator dll v3.4.6. The code seems to be working but I get this exception: "Access denied while trying to shift global Datetime.Now, reason: Insufficient read/write permissions to specific time point." But I am an admin! :sigh: Do you know if there's a coming GA or a patch?

Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.

[Florian Rappl]

The question is not as stupid as it seems, since you can do it over LAN (assuming that the computer has a power connection and the PSU is capable of having a standby mode, which then still powers the ethernet card). This technology is not new and is called "Wake-on-LAN". It just requires an ethernet connection with APM or ACPI being available on the main board and the eth. card. What one could do is either programming some timer on a router (very popular choice) or building a custom solution, which then uses some other computer on the network or involves a micro-controller.

[OriginalGriff]

Only for iOSWindows 17 "AppleJuice" SP2

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[M dHatter]

https://www.remotepowerswitch.com/[^] If you want to get fancy ;P

Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. :)

[Joezer BH]

I hope by then they'll fix the problem with the Cherenkov radiation shock wave corrupting the memory structures close to the application core...

Never underestimate the difference you can make in the lives of others.

[dusty_dex]

There is also a way to schedule power ON/OFF through BIOS settings. (under Power Management) It's been there for a very long time. :)

[Mike Hankey]

I know you've probably heard this before but it reminds me of this person[^].

VS2010/Atmel Studio 6.1 ToDo Manager Extension Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.

[OriginalGriff]

Nope, not heard that before..."Why are we encouraging dear to cross the interstate?" :laugh: The sobering thing is, she probably has the right to vote... :sigh:

The universe is composed of electrons, neutrons, protons and......morons. (ThePhantomUpvoter)

[Gary R Wheeler]

Some industrial PC's include hardware that let you shutdown the machine and then restart at a later time, either based on time-of-day or after an interval. They can also start based on I/O or network signals. That said, I somehow doubt the Q&A question was based on that.

Software Zen: delete this;

[Lost User]

OriginalGriff wrote:

Do they not teach ...

What I find even more worrying is the number of questions that make it clear that the poster is being taught to do things the wrong way.

Use the best guess

[Mycroft Holmes]

She retains the right to breathe which is more than her intellect warrants! Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Lost User]

Yeah, I wouldn't use C# for that, I'd use Visual Basic. :-D