okay, I solved one problem. i resulted to using scheduled tasks to schedule my computer to wake up since Citrus won't wake the computer.. now I just gotta think about what to do about the playlist so that when the alarm sounds, it plays my playlist in iTunes that I named "waking up." Yes I could just make the same list of songs in Windows Media Player or just about any other player & there'd be no problem to speak of... but I'm set on using iTunes. I've really come to love iTunes.