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Folding@Home PC Power Cycle

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So, after seeing the ULTIMATE Distributed Computing Build Guide, I decided I would join the LTT team. Since this has something to do with Folding@home, I put it here, but it is not exactly completely related to that. What I want to do is have my PC (running windows 7) come on at a certain time and start folding. I then want it to turn off at a certain time. I know that you can use task scheduler to do things at certain times, but never really figured out how to do it. So my question is, how can I have my PC turn itself on at one set time and then turn off at another set time? Also, since my school has its own servers that we run citrix off of, I got permission to run Folding@home off of the server full time (I spend literally 3 hours a day in the schools tech office so they know how crazy I am :P). It is not the greatest thing, but is still a 6 Core Xeon with 12GB's of RAM. 

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To bad this isn't Boinc. It would take literally 30s for you to get to a page where you can set specific times for the program to run..... Sry, I suck at FAH.

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To bad this isn't Boinc. It would take literally 30s for you to get to a page where you can set specific times for the program to run..... Sry, I suck at FAH.

 

I think he wants the computer on and off, not just the app....

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So, only thing comes to mind, big issue is getting the PC on. The BIOS has to support this. A lot of system BIOS's do have a time and day setting for turning the PC on. If yours does, you are in luck. Use that to turn PC on, and folding will start auto, and then a schedule task (run shutdown.exe) to shut down the system at a specific time.

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

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Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

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