From: "Brandon B." Date: 2009-12-18T13:04:20+09:00 Subject: Computer States Hey all, I'm looking for a way to programmatically wake the computer up from sleep state, preferably at a certain time, rather than after certain amount of time, but ill make due with whatever solution there might be. any suggestions or help is much appreciated. i've been searching for a couple weeks on and off for a way to do this, and can only find the wake-on-lan, or wake-on wan (would work fine for some, but id rather this feature not fail should the user not have a router or an internet connection.) Thanks in Advance, X -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.