Question How to turn on multiple computers remotely?

[currie313]

Hey was just wondering if anyone out there knows how to turn on multiple computers remotely by the click of a button along with a listbox of all computer names. I have already create one that works for turning computers off but not to sure about how to turn them on.
Thanks

 

[jmcilhinney]

The only way to turn a computer on if it's off is to press its power button or some other hardware switch, e.g. if the BIOS is configured to turn the machine on by pressing a key on the keyboard. If the computer is asleep then you could use Wake On LAN but then that has to be configured ahead of time.