Re: Re: X10 - shutting down a PC ?

["Jon Payne" <jgpayne@xxxxxxx>]

Or, hopefully because it's running XP, you can set it up to go into standby
after 30mins... ?

Mine never gets turned off now but just put into standby (suspend to RAM).

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 12:07 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: X10 - shutting down a PC ?


> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, steve.cooper@u... wrote:
> >
> > Here's a nifty little vbscript script you can use (it works on NT
> but not
> > tried it on XP)
> >
>
> Remote shutting down, even scheduled remote shutting down is possible
> using various bits of free or cheap software as well as of course
> Steve's script. However you could consider leaving the PC turned on
> and putting the monitor (and may be other peripherals) on an X10
> module. That way you could turn off the stuff that is probably
> consuming most power without constantly turning the PC on and off
> which is not good for their health.
>
>