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Computer turns on automatically at 23:54 Thread poster: casey
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casey 
United States
Local time: 17:27
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TOPIC STARTER | You mean the Google Coffee Brewer (TM)? | Aug 13, 2007 |
Jim Tucker wrote:
...make coffee too?
I haven't installed that software yet.
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virus, this is the first opinion appeared to me.
it is not the very first news, it happens frequently. and it is easy to handle a person's computer if his PC is not well protected with anti-virus software
why not restall your computer to make sure all the virus gone and set a complicated password?
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| If exorcism does not work ... | Aug 13, 2007 |
you might try and have a look at your Pc's Bios.
Some find this rather handy:
Source: Automatic Start-up
Address :
I used to own a Dell in which the BIOS allowed you to set a time when the
system would turn itself on. I found this handy in the morning when I could
just walk into the office and have my computer all "warmed up" and ready for
action.
Others are annoyed:
Source: winXP automatic startup?
Addres... See more you might try and have a look at your Pc's Bios.
Some find this rather handy:
Source: Automatic Start-up
Address :
I used to own a Dell in which the BIOS allowed you to set a time when the
system would turn itself on. I found this handy in the morning when I could
just walk into the office and have my computer all "warmed up" and ready for
action.
Others are annoyed:
Source: winXP automatic startup?
Address :
winXP automatic startup?
yea..whenever i shutdown my computer before midnight...it turns on at midnight. so i have to turn the actual power switch off everytime i turn off my computer b4 midnight. anyone one a solution? ▲ Collapse
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casey
United States
Local time: 17:27
Member
Japanese to English
TOPIC STARTER | I've never manually touched the BIOS settings | Aug 13, 2007 |
Claudia Krysztofiak wrote:
you might try and have a look at your Pc's Bios.
Some find this rather handy:
Source: Automatic Start-up
Address :
I used to own a Dell in which the BIOS allowed you to set a time when the
system would turn itself on. I found this handy in the morning when I could
just walk into the office and have my computer all "warmed up" and ready for
action.
Others are annoyed:
Source: winXP automatic startup?
Address :
winXP automatic startup?
yea..whenever i shutdown my computer before midnight...it turns on at midnight. so i have to turn the actual power switch off everytime i turn off my computer b4 midnight. anyone one a solution?
Could a program modify BIOS? I haven't ever touched it myself. I don't really want to risk hosing the computer, either. If programs can't modify it, then I don't need to look.
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casey wrote:
Could a program modify BIOS? I haven't ever touched it myself. I don't really want to risk hosing the computer, either. If programs can't modify it, then I don't need to look.
I guess so. For example:
Award BIOS Editor
But if you prefer not to look into the BIOS or have someone who knows what he/she is doing look into it for you, then maybe a power strip with a switch would be helpful - turn of the power strip after computer shutdown and your computer cannot start again. If it still does, go back to ghost busters (and let me know what they found, I'd really like to reduce my power costs ... )
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casey
United States
Local time: 17:27
Member
Japanese to English
TOPIC STARTER | Sorry, I was not clear | Aug 13, 2007 |
Claudia Krysztofiak wrote: casey wrote:
Could a program modify BIOS? I haven't ever touched it myself. I don't really want to risk hosing the computer, either. If programs can't modify it, then I don't need to look. I guess so. For example: Award BIOS Editor But if you prefer not to look into the BIOS or have someone who knows what he/she is doing look into it for you, then maybe a power strip with a switch would be helpful - turn of the power strip after computer shutdown and your computer cannot start again. If it still does, go back to ghost busters (and let me know what they found, I'd really like to reduce my power costs ... )
What I actually meant was could something I installed have modified the BIOS without me knowing it? I know that I have not modified it manually, so unless something I installed modified it without me knowing it, then it should still have the factory default settings.
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| Il computer è mobile... | Aug 13, 2007 |
It is not likely that a software program (or a virus) has modified your BIOS settings and I believe you when you say that you didn't change them.
However, in my years as an IT pro I have learned that a computer is much like a woman in many ways and despite being a "logics machine" sometimes does things that are inexplicable by sheer reason. In my view, no error possibil... See more It is not likely that a software program (or a virus) has modified your BIOS settings and I believe you when you say that you didn't change them.
However, in my years as an IT pro I have learned that a computer is much like a woman in many ways and despite being a "logics machine" sometimes does things that are inexplicable by sheer reason. In my view, no error possibility is too remote to be discarded out of hand.
Therefore, you might want to check your BIOS settings anyway.
Don't be afraid of inadvertently changing something - you will be EXPLICITLY asked if you want to save your changes when you exit the BIOS setup screen. To be perfectly safe, I recommend you look at all the various BIOS settings, especially those related to "Power Management", and just turn off the computer using the switch when you're done (i.e. not use one of the "exit" options in the BIOS menu at all).
I think using a Windows program to modify BIOS settings actually comes with a higher risk than just going into the straightforward BIOS menu available on system startup.
HTH,
Benjamin
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 14:27
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In memoriam
tectranslate wrote: a computer is much like a woman in many ways and despite being a "logics machine" sometimes does things that are inexplicable by sheer reason.
What a cute excuse as most PCs were developed by men. You screw up and then blame us?
How convenient.
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| Antivirus/Update | Aug 13, 2007 |
Do you have an anti-virus / any other program that is set up to download an update or scan something at 23:54 everyday?
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| I think I did get you right | Aug 13, 2007 |
casey wrote:
What I actually meant was could something I installed have modified the BIOS without me knowing it? I know that I have not modified it manually, so unless something I installed modified it without me knowing it, then it should still have the factory default settings.
I just gave an example that it is possible for a program to change your Bios, and if there are programs that can do it, then such code can also be built into other programs perhaps even harmful ones.
But as IT pro Benjamin put it, it seems to be much more likely that your computer changed itself for no reason at all just because it felt like it, than that any program might have included some code that could have corrupted your BIOS. I absolutely agree, that this is indeed inexplicable by sheer reason.
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| Well, male reason and logic ... | Aug 13, 2007 |
Nicole Schnell wrote: tectranslate wrote: a computer is much like a woman in many ways and despite being a "logics machine" sometimes does things that are inexplicable by sheer reason. What a cute excuse as most PCs were developed by men. You screw up and then blame us? How convenient.
Well, Nicole, from what I learned in my many years as an IT pro, I often found that what some men call reason has nothing to do with a computer's or a program's logic. No wonder some do not get along so well: You cannot repair it with a hammer ... )
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| Of course... | Aug 13, 2007 |
Nicole Schnell wrote:
What a cute excuse as most PCs were developed by men. You screw up and then blame us?
How convenient.
As you know, us men always have women on our mind, so that must be why we created the computer to the likeness of womankind. (Of course a "winking" smiley was not enough. I knew I'd get somebody's goat with this.)
My idea, expressed in a neutral way, was that however likely or unlikely it is, don't consider something impossible just because it appears illogical to you.
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Nicole Schnell
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Local time: 14:27
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In memoriam | Nyuk, nyuk.. | Aug 13, 2007 |
I love Claudia's comment.
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| Two sides to one story... | Aug 13, 2007 |
Claudia Krysztofiak wrote: Well, Nicole, from what I learned in my many years as an IT pro, I often found that what some men call reason has nothing to do with a computer's or a program's logic. No wonder some do not get along so well: You cannot repair it with a hammer ...
Yes, that's exactly what I mean - the computer just doesn't think like us sometimes.
And if it doesn't answer to reason, the hammer's coming out.
Naah. I haven't used a hammer on a computer yet, although I did have a mind to at several occasions.
B
P.S.: Wait, I do remember taking the hammer from my toolbox once and showing it to my unruly computer in a menacing way, shouting THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IN A MINUTE! (did I ever mention I can be short-tempered at times?) Then I put it right back and grumblingly fixed the problem another way.
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| Which anti-virus software do you have, then? | Aug 13, 2007 |
Not all of them find all the viruses, so that you do not necessarily know if your computer is harbouring a virus.
I personally use Kaspersky at the moment and it is supposed to be very good. Some others are not so good.
Astrid
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