Printable View
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.
is this relavent to your request ?
Force Users to Quit Programs and Log Off After a Period of Inactivity in Windows XP
sort of, but it needs to power down the PC also...
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
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
;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
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.
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