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To wake your system from standby or hibernation at a set time, click Start,Programs (All Programs in XP) Accessories,System Tools,Scheduled Tasks. Double-click the Add Scheduled Task icon to launch the Scheduled Task Wizard, and click Next. Select a program you'd like to run when your system wakes up, and schedule the task. On the wizard's last page, check Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish before clicking Finish. In the resulting Properties dialog box, click the Settings tab, check Wake the computer to run this task, and click OK.
Now you simply have to make sure you hibernate your PC, rather than shutting it off, when you're ready to call it a day.
To schedule a task that will wake your PC from hibernation and then reboot it, download the reboot batch file for Windows XP or 98/Me and save it on your desktop or in another convenient location. (The Firefox browser doesn't accommodate batch-file downloads, so you will have to use Internet Explorer to get your copy.) Note that Windows 2000 lacks the ability to reboot from a batch file.
Follow the instructions above for creating a wake-up scheduled task. When the wizard asks you to select a program, click Browse and choose the downloaded batch file. Make sure that you close all programs before hibernating your PC if you plan to restart it using this batch file.
Answered by Reeta K
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6:31 PM on June 17, 2008