Wake on Lan Question

[oakleaf00]

Hi,


I have a laptop downstairs and a desktop PC upstairs, networked using a D-link router. I'm trying to sync up my photos since I do most of my downloading onto the laptop. My plan is to use Gammadyne's WOL.exe utility to wake up my desktop PC, use Syncback to synchronize the My pictures folders, and then use psshutdown to hibernate the desktop.

However, whenever I try to wake up the desktop, it doesn't go to my default account as it normally does when I resume it locally (I have TweakUI set to autologin) - it stops at the welcome screen with just an "Administrator" account. When I check "Users and Groups" when logged onto my default account, I don't see this "Administrator" account, so I don't know where it's coming from. And if I log into this Administrator account, I can't see my default account in "Users and Groups" either. Does anybody know where this account is coming from, and, more importantly, how I can get my default account to come up instead when I use the Wake on Lan function?

Thanks,
oakleaf00

Here is my (relevant?) config info:
Desktop:
A64 3200+
K8N Neo2 mobo (939) Bios v. 1.3
built in LAN
Windows XP Pro SP2

Laptop:
Windows XP Home

Router:
D-link 624 Rev C (latest FW)

 

[JackMDS]

Hmm.. WOL simply switches a computer that is Off to On position. It done on a level that is even before booting.

Your comment ?as it normally does when I resume it locally?, might indicate that you do not actually switch off the computer???

Link to: Wake On LAN (WOL) - Start a Network Computer Remotely.

 

[oakleaf00]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Hmm.. WOL simply switches a computer that is Off to On position. It done on a level that is even before booting.


Your comment ?as it normally does when I resume it locally?, might indicate that you do not actually switch off the computer???

Link to: Wake On LAN (WOL) - Start a Network Computer Remotely.

I normally don't "Shutdown" the desktop PC, I just hibernate it (using my default account, say "Oakleaf").
And when I resume locally (i.e. press the button on the machine), it goes directly to the Oakleaf desktop.

I've got Wake on Lan (I think) to work on a basic level since it does actually wake up the pc when I send the command from my laptop. It just doesn't wake it up to the Oakleaf desktop, but rather to Welcome screen with the "Administrator" as the only option (I still have to click on the account to get to the "Administrator" desktop).

Thanks for the response,
oakleaf

 

[JackMDS]

Hibernation actually switches Off the computer so it should work.

I am not sure what is the story, try to look at the Control Panel / Power Options.

How do you start your Hibernated computer when you are Not using WOL?

BTW (Not WOL related). You should know that Hibernation brings the computer On with timing and dates as of the original shut off. Mean time the computer time and date advanced, under certain situation that might confuse WinXP and create problems.

:sun:

 

[oakleaf00]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
Hibernation actually switches Off the computer so it should work.

I am not sure what is the story, try to look at the Control Panel / Power Options.

How do you start your Hibernated computer when you are Not using WOL?

BTW (Not WOL related). You should know that Hibernation brings the computer On with timing and dates as of the original shut off. Mean time the computer time and date advanced, under certain situation that might confuse WinXP and create problems.

:sun:

The only option in the Control Panel / Power Options / Hibernate tab is to enable or disable Hibernation...

When I'm not using WOL, I just press the power button on the desktop, which brings it back to life (I have a usb mouse and keyboard, so I can't use the 'wake on PS/2 keyboard' option).

WRT you're last comment, would it be different if I used 'standby' instead? For troubleshooting sake, I'll try WOL while putting the desktop on standby and see what happens, although I'd really like to be able to hibernate it.

Thanks,
oakleaf

 

[JackMDS]

Nah WOL does not work with StandBy.

In the Control Panel / Power Options / Advanced tab there is options for the On Off Button.

:sun:

 

[oakleaf00]

I see what you're talking about.
It's set for Shut down, but I hardly ever use it for that purpose. I always do it from the os (hit "Start - U - H" to hibernate, or "Start U-U" to shutdown). From experience, when it's off and hibernated, pressing the button just resumes the computer.

oakleaf

PS I tried it with Standby, and it did work (i.e. 'woke up' to the Oakleaf desktop). But even when it's on Standby, the power consumption and noise level is too high I really want to get it to work with hibernate!
Anybody have any other ideas?