PC as an Alarm Clock?

[el Chi]

Would it be possible to set my PC on a timer to turn itself on at a certain time?

 

[kingthebadger]

yea some alarms do that, go to bios and auto power soemthing, and on desktop install an alarm to run when windows starts

 

[Element Alpha]

use taskscheduler. The only problem with it is that you have to actually have a password to be able to launch a program out of standby. You must set your pc on stand by at night, instead of shutting it down. I bypassed the password requirement by making a second local account on my pc, putting a password on it, and hiding it (so that I don't have the windows XP login screen). The scheduled tasks just points towards a winamp playlist that has to be run around 7 in the morning. If you don't understand a word I'm saying, use google. Good luck.

 

[el Chi]

Thank you so much, that is exactly what I was hoping for!
I'm pretty sure I understand one or two of the words you said, but how exactly did you "hide" your second account?