I had an idea, wondering if it's possible

[BenHall]

Since my stereo is hooked up to my computer, and has a timer to turn on whenever I want it to, I am wondering this:
Is there a way that I could write a program that will turn my computer on at a certain time? Not wake it from sleep, but just flat out turn it on. So it would turn on at 6:55 am, and then wait 1 minute for it to get to my logon screen, then auto CTRL ALT DEL then ENTER then enter (my password) then auto ENTER. Then, at 6:59, open Windows Media Player, then at 7:00, auto PLAY (possibly just an auto CTRL P command or something of the sort)

I'm wondering if this is possible, or if I would have to do it from sleep mode.

[oracleguy]

Look in the BIOS and see if it has an alarm clock to power on the PC. If it doesn't there isn't a way to turn the PC on from a cold start automatically (at least not easily).

[BenHall]

Okay. But again, would there be a way that I would write a simple program to automatically go through the steps (keyboard commands, basically) to log me in? From there I can always throw a simple vbscript in my startup folder to open media player, wait a minute, then play a song or a playlist. But my main question is whether or not I can program it to log me in automatically... since I do have my account password-protected...

[BenHall]

Okay yes my computer has the alarm option in the BIOS. Hmm I wonder if I can simply set it to cold start every day at 6:55 am instead of having to go in and select what date I want it to happen each time. Hmmm very intriguing. I'll have to figure that out.
But now, how can I make the computer auto-login to my account, without having to disable my password? hmmm.... Would I put that in the system 32 folder so it can launch without required permission, or would it have to go in the windows folder... hmmm...