gimid said:
Somebody can help me to find a program which in background can shut down
automatically Windows XP at certain hour/minute ?
Thank you
Gimid
Following up on my earlier response, here's a web site that you may find
helpful.
Using Task Scheduler to schedule the computer to shut down and
restart at a specific time
http://www.winxptutor.com/schsd.htm
Also, here are instructions I passed along in response to a similar question
recently.
Open Control Panel.
Double click on Scheduled Tasks.
In the Scheduled Tasks folder, double click on Add Scheduled
Task.
When the Scheduled Task Wizard starts, hit the Next button.
After a short time you should see a box with a Browse button
underneath it.
Click on the Browse button.
This should bring up "Select Program to Schedule".
Navigate to the C:\Windows\System32 folder.
Scroll through this folder till you locate shutdown.exe.
Click on shutdown.exe so that it's listed in the "File name"
box.
Hit the Open button.
Back in the Scheduled Task Wizard, select an appropriate name
for this task like Shutdown.
Select Daily under "Perform this task".
Hit the Next button.
Enter the time you want the computer to shut down.
Hit the Next button.
Enter a user name and password.
Note: The account you use to run this task must have a
non-blank password.
Hit Next.
On the next page, put a check mark in the box next to "Open
advanced properties for this task when I click Finish".
Hit the Finish button.
You should now see the properties sheet for the Shutdown task.
Click on the Task tab.
In the Run line, you should see the following:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe
You need to add -s -t 00 to this entry. It should end up
looking like this.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00
Next, click on the Settings tab.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Wake the computer to run
this task". That way, if the computer is on standby, it will
still be shut down.
Click OK.
If you're still not sure how to accomplish your goal I'd
suggest you do a little research on how to schedule tasks as
well as what shutdown.exe can do.
Good luck
Nepatsfan
