Art Ross wrote:

> I'm at my wit's end. Please help:
>
> 1. Using Win 98, I shut down the pc normally.
> 2. I see and hear everything turn off. (drives and fans wind down,
> screen goes black. etc.)
> 3. At midnight (12:00 AM) the computer comes on all by itself.
>
> I have disabled the Windows task manager. I've checked the BIOS to see
> if there are any settings that look like they could do something like
> this. I've updated the BIOS to the most recent version available. I've
> done all I can think of except to throw it out the window. (That's next
> unless someone here can help.)
>
> Please do what you can.

You must be desperate to write to the hpux group.
Worse still if you ar contemplating defenestration.
Don't go around gesticulating.
If that is windows 98 second edition, there was an installation option to
turn on the system at midnight for defrag and so forth.