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Scheduled Shutdown
I need to schedule machine shutdown at a specific time each day, I tried scheduling a shutdown app through "Scheduled Tasks" and it will not work.
Does anyone know how to do this???
It is a multi-user system, and if necessary, needs to be able to force the logoff of users.
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sort of, but it needs to power down the PC also...
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haven't tried this myself, but you can make a batch file using XPs shutdown command from the command prompt. and set that to be run as a scedualed task.
so far from my tests it is working fine.
keep me updated on how the battle goes
MD
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Well dude, your batch file must be written different than mine. lol, All mine does is bring up a DOS box and scroll the commands.
Copy and paste for me if yours works.
THX
JP
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;start copy here
shutdown -s -t 15 -c "Comment"
end
;end copy here
-s is for a system shutdown
-t is a timer, 15 secs, can be up to 256 i belive
-c comment
in command prompt just type shutdown for more switches
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LMFAO
Forget it, I'm ashamed I even posted this... lol, I wasn't even thinking.
After I spent a minute looking at what it was I was doing, I got it... Thanks for the quick reply though.
kicking myself in the ***
I just created a shortcut in the root to
c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -f -t 30
-f force the shutdown
and then I scheduled that shortcut...
just a case of the dumba$$es.
Makes me want to delete the post I'm so ashamed.
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no biggie:bor:
i wouldn't know about it if i had ntos een it on the screensavers
easy mistake to make..... this will make you feel better...
i once flashed my BIOS with a zip file
MD