Phone calls turn my on my PC

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24th August 2002 | 18:20

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Phone calls turn my on my PC

I am using Windows XP and shut down using the "Start" button.
The computer turns off OK. If the 'phone rings, however, the computer powers up. How can I disable this?

24th August 2002 | 19:06

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From: Peripatetic

Your motherboard probably supports "wake on ring" as well as "wake on LAN".

Go into the BIOS and turn it off.

24th August 2002 | 19:08

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I have an old PII and this works for me.

Presuming you're using a modem and dialup ...

Go into your BIOS power saving settings and disable the activity monitoring on whichever port your modem is connected to.

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Last edited by Ausatco; 26th August 2002 at 13:31.