Shutdown Your PC With a Timer Without any Software

[Cintaria]

Simply follow these easy steps and shut down your computer any time you like.

All you need to is run the RUN command from Start Menu.

* Type in the time when you would like your PC to shut down itself. Use the command in this format at 11:35 shutdown -s
* To disable it run the RUN command again and type shutdown -a

Note: : The timer will set the time in 24hr format which means if u would like to shutdown your PC at 10:30pm, you will need to type at 22:30 shutdown -s
I hope this helps.

Useful if you have a habit of falling asleep infront of your pc watching a dvd or something? Set this up before you start the dvd, then sit back and enjoy your movie / snooze.

Or, if you're uploading a crap load of stuff to a server and it's taking ages and you want to goto bed but want your computer to turn itself off when it's done. Like I'm gonna do atm. Goodnight

[Harv]

have to have scheduler running for this to work

you can also do this from the control panal using scheduled tasks along with any other stuff you might like to do at odd times

[LippoW]

c:\>shutdown /?
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)

c:\>

Simple eh?

[Cintaria]

Originally Posted by LippoW

Simple eh?

yup