What does "wake" mean?

Before anyone answers let me provide some background and context.

I have an IBM Netvista PC running XP Pro. I have "Screen Saver" configured to "Wait 5 minutes ", and have the "On resume, display Welcome screen" box checked. Under the "Power" button I have "Turn off monitor ": 15 minutes; "Turn off hard disks ": 1 hour; "System Standby ": 2 hours; "Hibernate ": Never.

I noticed that my batch (Scheduled Tasks) jobs don't run when scheduled (although, I can make them if I right click them, and select "Run "). I happened to be looking under "Properties-->Setting" on one of my batch jobs, and noticed a box called "Wake the computer to run this task ". I checked that box on all of my batch jobs, and now they run at the times I have the scheduled to run.

So, here are my questions: Does "wake ", in 'Wake the computer to run this task', mean coming out of "hibernate ", or can it mean coming out of "standby ", too? Also, how could I know if my PC is coming out of "hibernate" or coming out of "standby "?

I don't think I have asked my PC to "hibernate" based on the "Power" settings under "Screen Saver ", but I should mention that there is a "Hibernate" tab under the "Power" settings under "Screen Saver ". Under that tab the "Enable hibernate" box is checked. I did not check that box, it must be the default that was set during the XP installation.

Thanks.

 

From either hibernate or standby, if your BIOS is compliant enought with ACPI standards to accept the C3 power mode change as a restart.

Remember too that Scheduled Tasks will not run for a user logon that does not have a password.

That is why you can Run them, but they will not automaticly run during a scheduled time: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310715

 

Power Related User Configuration Tip:

You can script, use in a .CMD or .BAT file rather sophisticated power settings that are not exposed in the Power Options GUI Interface using the Powercfg.exe utility introduced with Service Pack 2.

Start, Run, powercfg /? to see the options available to you.