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I'm really lazy :whistle: and have a second computer in my room that i use for watching movies, I dont leave this pc on like my main system so is there a way I can turn this computer on through the network (standard TCP/IP). I have seen refrences to something called WOL wake on lan right but dont know how that works. thanks for the help guys

//edit: installing another protocol is not impossible and if it makes any difference both machines are winxp pro

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The Wake-On-LAN will send the signal to your mobo, and turn it on. Just make sure you have it set correctly in the BIOS, and you should be fine.

Now a little story. I had a phone line connected when I was on dial-up, and everytime the phone would ring, my computer would start up. Took me like 3 weeks to figure out what was up. I felt stupid.

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