Turn on / off the computer automatically and more

Have you ever thought that early in the morning, instead of listening to the buzzing of an alarm clock, would you listen to your favorite music and wake up with a spirit of excitement for a new working day?

Not only does it automatically turn on / off the machine, but you can also run an application at a time, immediately open the web page you will be working on, remind you to make an appointment appointment .

These attractive features are encapsulated in Auto Poweron & Shutdown, 1MB capacity, trial download address: http://www.lifsoft.com/download/power-on.exe .

After installing according to the instructions, running the program, you will see that the program interface appears includes three main cards: Power on, Scheduled tasks, Options.

Power on card : At this card, you will see four partitions: Power on date (select the days of the week the program will automatically turn on the computer), Power on time (set the time to turn on the computer correctly), Shutdown time , Specified date power on states (automatically turn on the computer on special days).

Under Specified date power on states , click Add to enter the Power on date state dialog box. You select a special date and write a reminder message, select Enable to allow the program to automatically turn on the computer on this day, if you do not want to select Disable , then press Ok . Now your settings will appear in the bottom pane.

If you want to edit the settings, click it and click Edit , if you want to delete you press Del , then press Ok . The program will appear two options: Set up automatically or Set up manually (manual setting). Please select Set up automatically and click Next .

If your mainboard supports the program, a successful message will appear, otherwise the program will force you to choose Set manually . With this option, you must edit some CMOS-related settings so that the computer starts automatically at a certain time. This will be quite confusing and inflexible because if you want to change the time, you have to calibrate in CMOS.

In short, if your mainboard does not support the program, you should not use the settings on this card for time consuming. The Scheduled tasks tag is a more interesting place .

Scheduled tasks tab : This is the place for you to schedule computer activities specifically. Unlike the Power on card that requires the support of the mainboard, here your computer only needs to support Hibernate function. From the card interface, click New to create a task for the program.

Dialog box Edit scheduled task appears, start setting the properties of the task: the task name, the date the task was performed, the start time and the specific task. Specific tasks are the features of the program: shutdown, restart, lock the computer, Hibernate, Standby, open the file by path, open the audio file (* .wav, * .mp3, *. rm, * .ram, * .ra, * .swf, * .wma, * .midi), run the application, close the application, browse the web address, display the message. You can choose to perform many features at the same time.

For example, to create a task to turn on the computer every morning and the alarm with a music track, and open your favorite website, do the following:

- From the program interface, select Scheduled tasks tab, select New .

- In the Edit scheduled task dialog box, type 'Wake up' in the Task title box, select Everyday , set the start time at 6:00:00 AM in the Starting time box. Click OK . Now you have created a task for the computer to boot.

- Continue, select New again to create a task. In the Edit scheduled task dialog box, you do the same as in the previous task until the Starting time box, you set the task to about 5 minutes later (the time from when the computer starts to boot to the screen). control picture), ie 6:05:00 AM.

- You put a check mark in the Open file or Play sound box and point the path to the location of the music you like.

- Check the Open URL box and type the website address you need to open. Click OK .

You have to create two tasks because at 6:00:00 AM, your computer is starting up and of course it is not possible to perform the features in the second task at this time.

After you have created the tasks, you will see them appear in the Scheduled tasks tab and there is Waiting , which is waiting to be done. If you want to change, click the task and click Edit . Done, click the Options tab again .

Options Card : You will select the operating ways for the program: start the system, minimize operation in the system tray and lock the screen when not in use. In particular, note the bottom of this card, Auto logon (this section is only for Windows 2000 / NT / XP / 2003 / Vista), you click Enable and enter the name and password to access the system. This is a necessary condition for the program to perform your tasks effectively. Then press OK .

Now, just Hibernate your computer, remember not to turn off the power and turn on the speaker. The next morning, your favorite music will wake you up to welcome a new day.

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