Leaving BA running when going on holiday

[Steve Voltage]

Going on holiday soon for ten days and would like to have BA continue to place bets for me. I intend to use this acer netbook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One ... =de_a_smtd

Am i right in saying it will be possible to program the bios to turn the netbook on at 11:00am and then turn its self off at 21:25pm ? or would it be better to leave the netbook on 24hrs? The problem would be that occasionally i lose my broadband connection and have to rebbot the modem, so the on/off idea is probably best. Any ideas/tips about leaving your pc/netbook on would very much appreciated. Arnold.

[Steve Voltage]

Just to add i cannot take the netbook with me on holiday

[throwmeadisc]

Hi Arnold,

I use this program, it's not free but it works really well. It was the first I tried and because it was good I just bought it. There is a 30 day trial too, which is nice....

I just have everything setup BA and then just Hibernate my computer. So at the pre-set time it just switches on just does its thing and then just Hibernates at a scheduled time and the loop continues etc.. Really simple but effective...

Auto Poweron & Shutdown - http://www.lifsoft.com/index.html

I would also recommend Logmein Free too as a useful tool to remotely connect to your computer from any Internet browser to check on progress etc.... https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/

Cheers,

Al

[doris_day]

I agree with the poster regarding Remote Connections but if you dont want to connect remotely simply leave your computer on 24/7. I have for over 7 years without any problems at all.

[Steve Voltage]

Hi Arnold,

I use this program, it's not free but it works really well. It was the first I tried and because it was good I just bought it. There is a 30 day trial too, which is nice....

I just have everything setup BA and then just Hibernate my computer. So at the pre-set time it just switches on just does its thing and then just Hibernates at a scheduled time and the loop continues etc.. Really simple but effective...

Auto Poweron & Shutdown - http://www.lifsoft.com/index.html

I would also recommend Logmein Free too as a useful tool to remotely connect to your computer from any Internet browser to check on progress etc.... https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/

Cheers,

Al

works well throwmeadisc just what i am looking for, only problem is that when i hibernate my pc i can still connect to the internet but i cannot open any pages e.g BA. Anyone now why this is? maybe norton security screwing me again?

[Steve Voltage]

I agree with the poster regarding Remote Connections but if you dont want to connect remotely simply leave your computer on 24/7. I have for over 7 years without any problems at all.

7 years wow! the reason i cant leave on 24/7 is the occasional modem drop out and i have to reboot, unless you have any ideas to get around this please?

[Steve Voltage]

Hi Arnold,

I use this program, it's not free but it works really well. It was the first I tried and because it was good I just bought it. There is a 30 day trial too, which is nice....

I just have everything setup BA and then just Hibernate my computer. So at the pre-set time it just switches on just does its thing and then just Hibernates at a scheduled time and the loop continues etc.. Really simple but effective...

Auto Poweron & Shutdown - http://www.lifsoft.com/index.html

I would also recommend Logmein Free too as a useful tool to remotely connect to your computer from any Internet browser to check on progress etc.... https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/

Cheers,

Al

works well throwmeadisc just what i am looking for, only problem is that when i hibernate my pc i can still connect to the internet but i cannot open any pages e.g BA. Anyone now why this is? maybe norton security screwing me again?

just check normal hibernation mode and all works well its just when i hibernate with the auto program i cannot reconnect to BA.

[throwmeadisc]

I have no problems with BA reconnecting. Try disabling Norton firewall and just use windows Firewall for now and see if that helps.

For the record I just use Windows Firewall.

Al

[Steve Voltage]

Going on holiday soon for ten days and would like to have BA continue to place bets for me. I intend to use this acer netbook http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-One ... =de_a_smtd

Am i right in saying it will be possible to program the bios to turn the netbook on at 11:00am and then turn its self off at 21:25pm ? or would it be better to leave the netbook on 24hrs? The problem would be that occasionally i lose my broadband connection and have to rebbot the modem, so the on/off idea is probably best. Any ideas/tips about leaving your pc/netbook on would very much appreciated. Arnold.

I wouldn't recommend this acer laptop as i already have a problem with the clock losing time, a common problem its seems with acer computers This has been causing major problems with my "AUTOMATED" betting causing me to lose a few quid [/b] Automating my bets seems to cause more problems than it's worth!!

[Steve Voltage]

I've just downloaded the free atomic clock that should sort this problem. Another handy must have tool for auto betting imo.

http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/