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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site.
Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) -- Pete Cresswell |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:36:46 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote: Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) I think you'd be fairly safe by scheduling "shutdown /r" to run once or twice a day. Check it out at a Command Prompt by typing "shutdown /?" to see all of the options. -- Char Jackson |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
(PeteCresswell) wrote:
Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) When you Google the name of this software, does anyone else notice this kind of flaky behavior ? Do you have any other OSes you could test with ? Paul |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
On 6/16/2012 8:36 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) Does the device use a USB port? If so, you might try this, just to see if it eliminates the "flakiness": Open Device Manager, open the properties of each USB hob, and under "Power Management", deselect the option, "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power". Some other devices, such as the NIC or Ethernet card, also have this option. -- Joe =o) |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:36:46 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) Does it require a login? I don't believe logins can be automated. But if it doesn't require a login, then you can set up a one-line batch file with the SHUTDOWN command and schedule it to run at a certain time every day. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
"Stan Brown" wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:36:46 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) Does it require a login? I don't believe logins can be automated. Autologon capability has been around for a long time, although it (obviously, I hope) presents significant security problems if you aren't careful. (E.g., be sure that physical access to the system is controlled, and that what can be done to the machine via a network connection is limited.) There's a Microsoft discussion of one way to do set up an autologin on Windows 7: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...c-c7a2c4f728af But a much easier method is to use the free "Autologon" SysInternals tool: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s...rnals/bb963905 One point on security: you can block some of the vulnerabilities of autologon by configuring the system to immediately lock the console after logon. Just set up a link in the Startup folder (or a Registry entry in {HKCU,HKLM}\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers ion\Run) to invoke the following command: RUNDLL32 USER32.DLL,LockWorkStation Head-up: I've shown "RUNDLL32.DLL" and "USER32.DLL" in caps to make it clear that the "L" is not the digit 1; you can use any combination of uppercase and lowercase in typing these strings. The "LockWorkStation" entry *IS* case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as shown. Also: this command does not require elevation, so it can be run by an unprivileged user. If you put the command into the Registry I recommend that it be in the HKCU hive for the account used for autologon and not in HKLM; this way if you log onto the machine with another account the screen won't immediately lock. Joe |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:07:17 -0400, Stan Brown
wrote: On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:36:46 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote: Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) Does it require a login? I don't believe logins can be automated. Yes, automatic login is a supported feature of Windows 7. But if it doesn't require a login, then you can set up a one-line batch file with the SHUTDOWN command and schedule it to run at a certain time every day. I said that yesterday. ;-) -- Char Jackson |
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Safe Way To Reboot Unattended Laptop?
"Char Jackson" wrote in message ... On Sat, 16 Jun 2012 20:36:46 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)" wrote: Laptop running an IP camera server at a remote site. Lid is kept open. Camera server gets flaky every so often and we have no clue why, but a reboot fixes it. Seems logical to schedule something that reboots the laptop once or twice a day. Is there a "best" way to do this? (i.e. minimum chance of having to ask somebody at the site to turn the thing back on...) I think you'd be fairly safe by scheduling "shutdown /r" to run once or twice a day. Check it out at a Command Prompt by typing "shutdown /?" to see all of the options. I would recommend to use the /f parameter as well. This will Force stuck operations to be closed (rather than the system waiting\prompting). |
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