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Will scheduled programs work in standby or hibernate modes?

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by bobengel, 2006/09/01.

  1. 2006/09/01
    bobengel

    bobengel Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have a number of applications which are scheduled to automatically run at night. If the computer is in Standby or Hibernate modes, will these apps "wake up" the computer and run as scheduled?
     
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  2. 2006/09/02
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    My guess is - no, based on this article about Task Scheduler in Vista ....

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/mgmntops/taskschd.mspx

    Simplest way is not to use Shutdown or Hibernate - both potentially dangerous in terms of 'waking up' and set the Power Options to shut off the monitor and drives to suit.
     
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  4. 2006/09/02
    Bill Castner

    Bill Castner Inactive

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    XP Schedule Tasks Run from Hibernation & Standby

    XP's Scheduled Task manager has the ability to bring the workstation out of a state of Hibernation or Standby to run a Scheduled Task.

    When creating a new task using the Scheduled Task wizard the last page presents a checkbox: "Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish ". In the resulting Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab, check wake the computer to run this task, and click OK.

    If the workstation's BIOS is ACPI compliant, and recognized as such by XP, the Scheduled Task Manager will awaken the computer from either Hibernation or Standby and run the task.

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    Last edited: 2006/09/02
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