1) You can use the Scheduling Task Scheduler, but the PC must be on to do that. I use my PC to wake me in the morning with classic hard rock.
2) In the power management of my Pentium II 400Mhz I have the options WOL (wake on lan) and (wake on ring, modem)
Basically you can send a signal by modem or network cable and the machine will start-up. The computer must support sleep mode to do this.
Steven van Els
SAvanEls@cq-link.sr