J John Smith Dec 31, 2007 #1 Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on?
S Shenan Stanley Dec 31, 2007 #2 John said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... Set a scheduled task... You could run a scheduled task at startup to create a second scheduled task that would utilize the built-in shutdown command in 120 minutes from the creation of the task... I am sure there are more elegant ways.
John said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... Set a scheduled task... You could run a scheduled task at startup to create a second scheduled task that would utilize the built-in shutdown command in 120 minutes from the creation of the task... I am sure there are more elegant ways.
P Pegasus \(MVP\) Dec 31, 2007 #3 John Smith said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... Create a scheduled task that gets invoked at boot time. It should run this batch file: @echo off ping localhost -n 7200 > nul shutdown -s -f
John Smith said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... Create a scheduled task that gets invoked at boot time. It should run this batch file: @echo off ping localhost -n 7200 > nul shutdown -s -f
P Pegasus \(MVP\) Dec 31, 2007 #4 John Smith said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... At second thoughts - here is a simpler batch file: @echo off shutdown -s -t 7200
John Smith said: Possible to configure an XP Pro computer so it'd shut down two hours after it's turned on? Click to expand... At second thoughts - here is a simpler batch file: @echo off shutdown -s -t 7200
