Time a shut down

[lawrence281]

Can you time a shut down on windows, to automatically shut down e.g after 3 hours?

 

[snips86x]

You could create a BAT file with a shutdown command then create a scheduled task to run it!

 

[thewanted]

shutdown -s -t 10800 -f

 

[lawrence281]

shutdown -s -t 10800 -f

You da real MVP.

 

[thewanted]

You da real MVP.

It's taken years of trawling the TechNet forums to perfect these skillz.

 

[lawrence281]

It's taken years of trawling the TechNet forums to perfect these skillz.

Keep it up, my good man. You're the hero the city wants, but doesn't deserve.

 

[Schizo]

there was someone on these forums who created a program like that,cant remember who or when it was but a lot of people used it.

 

[nutcase]

You could create a BAT file with a shutdown command then create a scheduled task to run it!

That's what I do for my media PC - timed startup to run updates out of hours, then shuts itself down afterwards - means an up to date machine without it trying to do it when watching a film.

 

[Marzipanogram]

I use this Shutdown8

 

[asim18]

there was someone on these forums who created a program like that,cant remember who or when it was but a lot of people used it.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18098475

Not sure why it was locked because you can optionally pay for a version with some extra features. That's the case with pretty much every software application ever discussed on OcUK and the internet!

 

[bledd]

You da real MVP.

Very handy resource..

http://ss64.com/nt/

 

[crinkleshoes]

Use the shutdown command like above... if you want to "shutdown 3 hours from now"

If you want it automated... just use task scheduler... built into windows for 2 decades now & very easy to use.

You can just use the same command as above and tell it when to run.