How can I start my computer automatically?

Question

I want my computer to start by itself, let say at 6:00 o'clock each morning. or to use "Turn off computer - restart" with a delay of a few hours. How do I do it?

Answer 1

I have not found a way of doing this because you need to have a short on the power switch or on the board.

I think that you could do it by  a relay connected to a timer that makes and brakes once that would make the computer start but the monitor could be done on just a time and would come up when it got a signal from the box.

Answer 2

turning off is easy - find some free software.

turning on can be done through LAN (if your motherboard supports "wake on lan" and this feature is activated) but then some other computer must send a special signal at that time (also some free software)

Answer 3

http://www.download.com/Switch-Off/3000-...