Scheduling a shutdown?

[Brian]

Howdy All,

I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each day.

Can someone explain how to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Brian

[CurtB]

The following shutdown command was provided by Richard Urban [MVP] on
8/22/2005.

Shutdown in 5 seconds = C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 05

You could paste the command portion of the above text into a scheduled task
and select when you want the shutdown to occur.

"Brian" wrote:

> Howdy All,
>
> I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each day.
>
> Can someone explain how to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
>

[seth]

create a scheduled taks to run the shutdown command at the time you want


Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx]
[-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

No args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first
option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without
warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive
integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive
integer less than 65536)

"Brian" > wrote in message
...
> Howdy All,
>
> I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each day.
>
> Can someone explain how to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>

[Brian]

Thanks CurtB and seth.

Should I use the -f switch in case something is running, or will windows
shutdown regardless?


"CurtB" > wrote in message
...
> The following shutdown command was provided by Richard Urban [MVP] on
> 8/22/2005.
>
> Shutdown in 5 seconds = C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 05
>
> You could paste the command portion of the above text into a scheduled
> task
> and select when you want the shutdown to occur.
>
> "Brian" wrote:
>
>> Howdy All,
>>
>> I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each day.
>>
>> Can someone explain how to accomplish this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>

[seth]

you could use -f in case of a hung application

"Brian" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks CurtB and seth.
>
> Should I use the -f switch in case something is running, or will windows
> shutdown regardless?
>
>
> "CurtB" > wrote in message
> ...
>> The following shutdown command was provided by Richard Urban [MVP] on
>> 8/22/2005.
>>
>> Shutdown in 5 seconds = C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 05
>>
>> You could paste the command portion of the above text into a scheduled
>> task
>> and select when you want the shutdown to occur.
>>
>> "Brian" wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy All,
>>>
>>> I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each
>>> day.
>>>
>>> Can someone explain how to accomplish this?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>

[bumtracks]

Might want to look at AT command and maybe use it with the SHUTDOWN command

"seth" > wrote in message
...
> you could use -f in case of a hung application
>
> "Brian" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Thanks CurtB and seth.
>>
>> Should I use the -f switch in case something is running, or will windows
>> shutdown regardless?
>>
>>
>> "CurtB" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> The following shutdown command was provided by Richard Urban [MVP] on
>>> 8/22/2005.
>>>
>>> Shutdown in 5 seconds = C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 05
>>>
>>> You could paste the command portion of the above text into a scheduled
>>> task
>>> and select when you want the shutdown to occur.
>>>
>>> "Brian" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Howdy All,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking to schedule a shutdown in WinXP at a specific time each
>>>> day.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone explain how to accomplish this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>