My new computer is up and running, still a lot of work to do to get all the software installed and everything configured the way I like it.

My old computer was set up to be controlled by a master switch, that is, one switch (on a power strip) controlled power to everything: the computer, the monitor, the printer, the scanner, the sound system, the external USB hard drive, wall-warts for Karma, empeg, etc., the desk lamp... in other words, when I turned that switch off, everything was off.

Conversely, when I turned it on, everything was on -- including the computer. When AC power returned to it, it started up and booted automatically. I am pretty sure that this was a BIOS setting.

I am unable to find anything that looks like it might do the same thing with the new computer, but since I am pretty clueless (and fearful!) about changing BIOS settings, I probably didn't know where to look.

Does anybody have any ideas what such a setting might be called?

tanstaafl.