Shutdown+Schedule+it

Shutdown Schedule it

Would you like to schedule an automatic shutdown of your comuter?

Well you can

It is a little bit of DOS batch file writing. ( Which will be familiar to the oldies. )

Go to :‐

The DOS prompt

( Black Screen, or other coloured if you have already implemented My Tip on colour your DOS page ) by:‐

Start > Run Type in the box without quotes “ cmd “ OK

Ensure that you are at the Plain Chevron by typing at the end of the line cd\ and pressing Enter

Now type: ʺedit powerdown.batʺ (without the quotes) immediately after the Chevron ( > )

You will now get a Bluescreen interface.

At the blinking prompt, just type: ʺshutdown –sʺ (without the quotes) ( note the space after shutdown )

Now save and exit the Bluescreen

At this point, you will have a file named ʺpowerdownʺ in your ʺDocuments and Settingsʺ folder under your user profile.

Now all you have to do is go to the ʺScheduled Tasksʺ utility in the ʺSystems Toolsʺ folder and set up the time and frequency you want the batch file to operate.

You can name the batch file whatever you want,


 * Caution :**‐ Whatever you do, do not name it ʺ**shutdown.batʺ** when you create it because this, for some reason, just makes the file create an endless loop in a DOS window