James Henry Maiewski wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 June 2005 10:00 am, Paul wrote:
> My computer's BIOS had a default setting that turned the power on 
> automatically after any power outage, regardless of whether the 
> computer was on when the power went out.  I found that very strange, 
> and it took me awhile to grok the problem.
> 
Not that unusual. There are usualy 3 settings - on, off, or last state.
You setting is nice for people that use a power strip for the system,
and turn off the strip. It is also nice for servers, and systems on a
UPS, so they return to service after a power outage.

Mikkel
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  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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