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luggs01
05-19-2002, 01:20 PM
Pentium III 1.0 G ; 128 Ram; sysem manufacture VIA Technology; VT82C693/A; x86 based pc; Award Modular BIOS v4.51pg Windows Me v4.90.3000 cdrd drive and dvd drive; cable modem
During the night after the computer has been turned off the it will start up by itself for no reason

Rick
05-19-2002, 01:48 PM
Enter your bios.
Look for and disable the Wake on Lan setting.
Also disable the wake on modem and Restart on power loss

This is a good place to start looking

sea69
05-19-2002, 08:21 PM
any chance you have Kazaa installed?

I would check for trojans.


(what me paranoid??)

go get Ad Aware (http://download.com.com/3000-2094-10045910.html?legacy=cnet)

http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/wink.gif


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[This message has been edited by sea69 (edited 05-19-2002).]