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my pc turns itself on
smudger1964
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in Techie Stuff
My pc has had a new motherboard fitted and various other bits but now every night at midnight it turns itself on,/I thought at first i had forgotten to turn it off but on sat night i was up and at exactly midnight it started up .I have looked at the windows update page but that says check for updates at 14.00 hours.I have avg free and zonealarm installed,Can anyone tell me where to look to find out whats making it turn on at midnight please
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Lol. What a strange problem!
is that a setting in the BIOS to "wake up"?0 -
Check the BIOS settings.:doh: Blue text on this forum usually signifies hyperlinks, so click on them!..:wall:0
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How do i check the bios setting please?0
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Ok so I have got into the bios what settings in there am I looking for to change please?0
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Power management.
Wake on Lan
Scheduled boot.
Things like that.Russia is HERE0 -
If they fail try an exorcism.0
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