Any way to srt a timer on pc?

roughlad

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Im basically wanting to watch tv from my pc but i want 2 be able 2 set a timer on it so it will switch off after an hour or so, is there anyway to do this? if so can i do it with any tv viewing software from a tv card?

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What TV card are you using? There should be something in build.

But if that doesnt work Windows has an inbuilt programme (as does Linux).

shutdown.exe

Start > Run

shutdown -s -f -t [in seconds]

s = Shutdown ( you can use 'r' to reboot, new versions in Vista and XPx64 have the ability to hibernate aswell)

f = Force not to wait for things to close

t = Time set in seconds.
 
I use a little freeware utility called Timed Shutdown (Tinnes software) that can shutdown your PC (by force if necessary) after one of the four triggers is activated (time, countdown, CPU usage or if you get disconnected from the net - although the last one is useless if you have a router).
The program is great and multiple examples can be run simultaneously. I use it to shutdown my PC after downloading or compressing. I have had cases where, for example, NERO didn't shutdown like I asked it to but TS forced it and saved me waking up to a still running PC.

Homepage link:http://tinnes.org.uk/shutdown/index.html

HTH

C.
 
fumbles said:
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But if that doesnt work Windows has an inbuilt programme (as does Linux).

shutdown.exe

Start > Run

shutdown -s -f -t [in seconds]

s = Shutdown ( you can use 'r' to reboot, new versions in Vista and XPx64 have the ability to hibernate aswell)

f = Force not to wait for things to close

t = Time set in seconds.
Click to expand...

I am not sure whether this is different in Vista retail but Vista Ultimate RC1 shutdown app has a time limit of 10 minutes and I had problems using a scheduled task to run the shutdown app. =/
 
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