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Running application at night.

Hi all,

I want to run a program early in the morning but I don’t want my machine on all night just for this small job.
Is there a way I can put my machine in sleep or hibernation mode until a certain time to wake, run the app then go back to sleep or hibernation again?

I’m running Windows 7.

Thanks in advance,
K.
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http://indiawebsearch.com/content/how-to-put-your-pc-to-sleep-or-hibernate-mode-using-a-command-line that link shows you the command line things to run for sleep and hybernate - for reference.
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Thanks for the responses, I'll take a look now at them ..

I did come across this free little app that sort of does what I need from Hibernation mode :
http://www.dennisbabkin.com/php/download.php?what=WOSB

But I want to see if I can do it better (or be in more control)
Hibernate is possible - but needs hardware that specifically supports running from a deeper sleep mode. SLeep is a lot more compatible on a wider range of hardware. Windows 7 does allow native wakeup from hibernate if the hardware supports it, so give it a try, schedule a task, put the PC in hibernate and see what happens.

The link i posted above also shows the commands to return a PC to hibernate so it should work too.

Any progress on this one ?