I had a client call and tell me that his refurbished computer turns itself on every morning at 4:30. \u00a0When he called, I didn\u2019t have an answer for him. I\u2019d never heard of this before. \u00a0So, I had him bring it in the shop.<\/p>\n
I ran scans on it, and I found a few malware items, but nothing to explain why it was turning itself on. \u00a0I noticed, as is usual with Windows, that it was set to do updates at 3:00 am. \u00a0I know this is a normal setting and as he shutsdown fully, this really should not have any bearing on his issue. \u00a0However, I disabled updates anyway. \u00a0I then shut the machine down and left for the night.<\/p>\n
The next morning, I get to the shop and sure enough his machine is on. \u00a0So, I thought, okay, perhaps the bios has \u201cwake on Lan\u201d enabled. \u00a0Therefore, I opened up the bios and started checking through his settings. \u00a0When to my amazement, I find, \u201cschedule boot\u201d listed in the settings, and sure enough the system is set to \u201cauto turn on\u201d at 4:30 am every morning. \u00a0I turned this feature off, and let the system sit until the next morning. \u00a0When I returned to the shop the following morning, the unit is still shutdown. Hooray!! Problem solved.<\/p>\n
This is the first time I\u2019ve run across a system with this feature, or perhaps, I should say, this is the first time I\u2019ve recognized this feature on\u00a0a system. \u00a0I can see some practical uses for this, for instance, you can set the system to turn itself on shortly before you get to work, thus having it already warmed up and waiting for you. \u00a0I can also see where this can be useful if you work remotely. \u00a0Set the system to boot each morning at a specific time, then you log in do your work, then at the end of the day, send the instruction for the remote unit to power down for the night. The following day it will restart at the scheduled time, thus allowing you to work again. This way you can work remotely, and still have the unit off at night.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve worked on other machines before that must have had this feature, I just never knew it. \u00a0It seems a logical function. \u00a0So, if you purchase a refurbished machine, and it turns itself on at night, check the bios for this setting. \u00a0I bet it has one, and the previous owner found it and set it up. \u00a0The manufacturer reloads the machines, and recertifies them for release as refurbished, but they may miss this little setting, just as I did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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