Hibernate or Stand-by can be activated on a schedule using AutoHotKey from www.autohotkey.com. This free open source scripting utility lets you control many system level operations very easily. I created a simple script as shown below. I then created a windows schedule task to execute this script at 11:00 every night. So far I haven't figured out a free way to ensure that no one is using the SB prior to hibernation, but since everyone is normally asleep by this time, this script/task in combination with WOL is a pretty good compromise.
; Call the Windows API function "SetSuspendState" to have the system suspend or hibernate. ; Windows 95/NT4: Since this function does not exist, the following call would have no effect. ; Parameter #1: Pass 1 instead of 0 to hibernate rather than suspend. ; Parameter #2: Pass 1 instead of 0 to request permission from each application prior to suspending. ; Parameter #3: Pass 1 instead of 0 to disable all wake events. DllCall("PowrProf\SetSuspendState", "int", 1, "int", 0, "int", 0) -- Gildahl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gildahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4102 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20030 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss