Is there a way I can have my computer go to sleep but be able to wake it up remotely?

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Published on 2010-05-26T22:30:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 22:33 UTC
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I've heard of Wake-Up-On-LAN (well, I've seen it in the BIOS) but I've never been 100% how to work it. Would this do what I'm after, and if not - would anything else?

I'm using Windows 7, in case it matters..

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