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by jeffrey.mcdonough

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I recently upgraded my computer from win 98 SE to Win 2000 professional.

I noticed that the computer is turning itself on about 7:30 in the morning. I've checked my CMOS but could not find anything out of the ordinary.

I've also scaned my entired system, compressed files also for any virus's. I keep Mcafee up to date on a daily basis.

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this.

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by able-admin

Might want to double check your bios for "WOL" wake on lan or something similar...most likely under power management section of the bios.

Did you recently Install a new Network card? this might have automatically installed something similar to the bios WOL.

here's an idea. change the system time on your pc a couple hours ahead. if it still starts at around 7:30 real time, then the problem is somewhere other than your PC.

by jeffrey.mcdonough

I will double check the setting in my CMOS. The only recent change was the upgrade to Win2000 from 98 SE. The machine was completely off, not in a waiting state or in hibernation.

thanks for time tip. I will try that as well and reply with my results.

by djent

You may be a victem of MS "plug-n-pray" system up grades along with WOL. Go to grc.com and download a utility to control PNP.

by res0llyi

Other observations to make after it boots itself are, is your PC running any programs like system maintenance functions or live update queries over the network. If I select the option, my WinXP Home Edition will wake up the PC to perform scheduled system maintenance. Are there any system maintenance tasks scheduled for 0730 daily? Good hunting.

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