By Steve Ranger
Published: Thursday 11 May 2006
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Name
Stuart Holmes
Location
Newcastle, UK
Occupation
IT Support
Comment
Can Networked PC's be switched on remotly? At time of update IT staff could run a program to switch on pc's, run update and then shut down these machines. Saying that we need pc;s on 24/7 for the odd weekly update is arrogant! If pc's were switched off then a business will see at least a 50% reduction in their pc electric bill.
Place the PC electric bill into the IT budget and see how quickly their tune will change!
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RML
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Can Networked PC's be switched on remotly? At tim...
Stuart Holmes
Oh dear - it's the old 'TVs and Hi-Fis left in sta...
John Brooks
Haven't any of you "IT Specialist" clowns heard of...
Anonymous
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