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Timed boot up,<br />
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check in the BIOS of the hardward.<br />
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some computer support autobooting in the bios, where it does a timed power on 
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Timed boot up,

check in the BIOS of the hardward.

some computer support autobooting in the bios, where it does a timed power on

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I checked the BIOS for this Compaq D51C and didn’t see an auto or timer options for boot. I disabled the Network Service Boot, made sure that after power loss was set to OFF (we tend to have power hiccups). I did test a wake on lan request to this computer after disabling the Network Service Boot and the computer still booted up. I will check out one of the other computers that is turning on. Thanks
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I checked the BIOS for this Compaq D51C and didn’t see an auto or timer options for boot. I disabled the Network Service Boot, made sure that after power loss was set to OFF (we tend to have power hiccups). I did test a wake on lan request to this computer after disabling the Network Service Boot and the computer still booted up. I will check out one of the other computers that is turning on. Thanks

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Also, in the BIOS setup, go to the Power section and under what to do after power loss choose &quot;Remain Off&quot;
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Also, in the BIOS setup, go to the Power section and under what to do after power loss choose "Remain Off"

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We have a win 2k xp network environment and just in the last couple of days we have had several computers turning on at 3:00 or 4:00 AM. &nbsp;The sample of computers so far effected started up at 4:03 AM this morning. I know that the wake on lan functionality is not disabled yet. I was just hoping to find the source of the problem, some sort of malware? Thanks
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We have a win 2k xp network environment and just in the last couple of days we have had several computers turning on at 3:00 or 4:00 AM.  The sample of computers so far effected started up at 4:03 AM this morning. I know that the wake on lan functionality is not disabled yet. I was just hoping to find the source of the problem, some sort of malware? Thanks

Computers turning on by themselves.

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