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Softpedia Editor's Review for WakeMeUp!
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A PC alarm clock that can resume your PC from standby.
Written by Elena Opris on December 22nd, 2011
WakeMeUp! is a software that can automatically wake up your computer from sleep mode.
The user interface of the program is simple to handle, whether you are an experienced user or a beginner.
You can set a new alarm by inputting its title, frequency (e.g. once, at a specific interval), as well as wake-up time and date. But you can also delete the alarm after completion and enable a standby timer.
Furthermore, you can select an alarm action (e.g. play sound, execute command line) and select a sound file that will be played (in the MP3, M3U, WMA, OGG, CDA or WAV format).
For every alarm placed in the queue, you can use the context menu to test or change its time (in the "TimeSlider"), toggle active and inactive, or edit it. Plus, you can play chimes at the start of every hour when the system is running.
In the "Preferences" menu, you can enable forced standby mode or hibernation (deeper sleep mode), disable hints or set a custom "snooze" value. But you can also use fade-in when playing an alarm sound, disable the autorun of the program in the system tray, configure the date and time format, as well as set an inactivity period for the chime sound.
The program uses a low amount of system resources and didn't cause us any problems during our tests. WakeMeUp! can also work when no user is logged on the computer. In addition, you can change the interface appearance, select preferred language and access a well-drawn help file.
All in all, WakeMeUp! is a great program for waking your computer from sleeping mode. Although it doesn't necessarily bring something new to the table, we recommend it to all users.
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WakeMeUp! description
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Here are some key features of "WakeMeUp!":
It can resume your computer from any Stand By mode (S1, S3 or Hibernate):
· In S3 your computer makes no noise at all in spite of all programs stay in memory. That's why it is also called "suspend to RAM". The energy consumption in S3 mode is extremely low, so don't hesitate to use it instead of Power Off.
It works in background:
· WakeMeUp! fires alarms without being started, because it has a special Windows system service that is responsible for alarm management, notifications, resuming from Stand By etc.
There's no alarm you can't set-up with WakeMeUp!:
· Extremely flexible alarm set-up with 9 frequency modes that enables you to create as many alarms as you want. You can create a very sophisticated alarm in a couple of clicks!
Tolerance against power failure:
· WakeMeUp! works even when there're no users logged on, e.g. after system reboot caused by power failure.
MP3 (MPEG1 Layer 3), WMA (Windows Media Audio), OGG (Ogg Vorbis), CDA (CD track), WAV or M3U (playlist) playback:
· Almost any sound file can be played as an alarm notification. WakeMeUp! has a fade-in function that gently increases volume at alarm notification.
Internet Radio support:
· Tired of waking up to the same music every day? WakeMeUp! can playback Internet radio stream. It can automatically establish the connection you specify and play 'reserve' sound file if radio stream cannot be accessed for some reason. There are about 30 stations you can choose from. You can specify any additional radio station by providing its playlist file (.pls) URL.
SoftASleep fade-out timer:
· Designed for people who like to fall sleep to their favourite tunes, TV, video etc. As it works, the volume is gently decreased. When the time is over, it can put a PC in StandBy mode and/or terminate the process you specify.
Chime function:
· WakeMeUp! can play any MP3,WMA,OGG or WAV at the beginning of every hour.
Command line execution:
· You can start any program or open a file as an alarm notification. WakeMeUp! can also put your PC in StandBy mode, so you can create your own automation schedules. If the owner of alarm is logged on, WakeMeUp! runs a program using his (her) account. Otherwise a Local System account is used. An example of such schedule can be a recording of a TV program late at night or when you are not at home.
Skins and multilingual support:
· WakeMeUp! has 5 built-in skins. You can download additional skins from our server.
· For now, WakeMeUp! is completely translated into English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, German, Korean, Romanian, Chinese and Serbo-Croatian
Limitations:
· 15 days trial
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 | | Softpedia guarantees that WakeMeUp! 1.8.5.34 is 100% CLEAN, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >] |
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