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235619 2004-05-11 03:21:00 hi,

i noticed a strange thing with our computer today. the computer was off, then it randomly started up. sometimes i will find the computer on when im sure i shut it down but as others live here too, they may have been using it. but this time nobody switched it on so i dont know whats up. i have spy bot and ad-aware and AVG running and up to date, aswell as the windows updates.

any ideas?

dave.
_david_ (3309)
235620 2004-05-11 03:30:00 i would bit that your computer starts up when every the phone rings. :-)

this this a feture call "wake on ring"

look at the settings for your modem to see where to turn it off, oit may be writen simply as WOR

the other place that you might look for the setting is either in power managment or in BIOS under power settings.
robsonde (120)
235621 2004-05-11 03:35:00 nope, not related to the ph ringing?

pretty new computer too, bout 5 months.

dave.
_david_ (3309)
235622 2004-05-11 03:42:00 might be a good idea to take it back to the shop you got it from.

sounds like it might be a hardware fault.
robsonde (120)
235623 2004-05-11 03:45:00 theres also an optoin in the bios to start the pc up if there is a power cut. look for something along the lines of "state after pwr fail". set it off or not to boot if power fail. tweak'e (174)
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