Instructing Win2K to start itself from a remote terminal.
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Does anyone know how to start Win2K from a remote machine without physically turning the machine on? (Yes, the machine is plugged in, and electricity is flowing to it at all times.) It might sound crazy, but if you can shut your machine down without physically turning it OFF, why wouldn't you be able to do the opposite and start it up, without physically turning it ON? I'm talking something almost similar to hibernating, in which the machine turns itself on at a certain time you had instructed it to do so. This, however, is for it to turn itself on upon receiving instruction to do so from a remote terminal. Might there be something in the BIOS you can activate to do this? ;) William
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Does anyone know how to start Win2K from a remote machine without physically turning the machine on? (Yes, the machine is plugged in, and electricity is flowing to it at all times.) It might sound crazy, but if you can shut your machine down without physically turning it OFF, why wouldn't you be able to do the opposite and start it up, without physically turning it ON? I'm talking something almost similar to hibernating, in which the machine turns itself on at a certain time you had instructed it to do so. This, however, is for it to turn itself on upon receiving instruction to do so from a remote terminal. Might there be something in the BIOS you can activate to do this? ;) William
WREY wrote: It might sound crazy, but if you can shut your machine down without physically turning it OFF, why wouldn't you be able to do the opposite and start it up, without physically turning it ON? Good point :-) WREY wrote: Might there be something in the BIOS you can activate to do this? Nope, it has to do with the network card. There are types of Network Cards that can remotely turn on PC (of course this needs to be supported by the BIOS as well). Technology is called WakeupOnLan. It is based by sending a special packet (MAGIC PACKET) to your NIC and it will turn on the computer. Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)
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WREY wrote: It might sound crazy, but if you can shut your machine down without physically turning it OFF, why wouldn't you be able to do the opposite and start it up, without physically turning it ON? Good point :-) WREY wrote: Might there be something in the BIOS you can activate to do this? Nope, it has to do with the network card. There are types of Network Cards that can remotely turn on PC (of course this needs to be supported by the BIOS as well). Technology is called WakeupOnLan. It is based by sending a special packet (MAGIC PACKET) to your NIC and it will turn on the computer. Regards, Venet. -------- Black holes are where God divided by zero.(Steven Wright)