Re: synchronizing a computer

dragonfly522 wrote:
I want to be able to have my Vista OS on a Dell come out of sleep or hibernation on its own to run an application such as a virus-scan or a spyware-scan, and then shut down or go back into sleep or hibernation mode.


You can use the Task Scheduler or, if available, the applications built-in tools to bring a computer out of Standby or Sleep, but not Hibernate. (Hibernate is the same as having the computer powered off, so the computer naturally cannot run a scheduled task.)


Am I crazy or is this just not a reasonable thing for computers to do right now?

Now? Sure. The capability has existed for years.


My scans are set for 2 AM when I'm sawwing logs but they don't seem to work.


Then you're most likely not configuring them correctly.


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