How To Create A Shutdown Timer
Remember when you put that large file for download or that Youtube video for uploading overnight? You probably knew how much time it was going to take,but you just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up to shutdown the computer. The same thing happened to me many times and I thought- what if the computer shut down itself?That would be cool.So I found a way to create a shutdown timer and the best thing is that it is built in to Windows and thus no download is needed. So here it is:
For Windows 8 and 7
1. Open command prompt
2. Paste this (without quotes):
"shutdown /s /t xyz"
3. Replace xyz with the time (in seconds)
e.g. "shutdown /s /t 3600" (computer will shutdown in 1 hour)
4. Press enter
2. Paste this (without quotes):
"shutdown /s /t xyz"
3. Replace xyz with the time (in seconds)
e.g. "shutdown /s /t 3600" (computer will shutdown in 1 hour)
4. Press enter
For Windows XP
Open start menu and click on run. Type "shutdown -s -t xyz" and replace xyz with the time in seconds. Press ok.
For Windows vista,it doesn't prove very beneficial as the time-limit on vista is 10 minutes(600 seconds). If you want the computer to shutdown every day at a specific time,you can create a basic task:
1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools and click on the Task Scheduler.
2. From the Action menu in Task Scheduler, click "Create Basic Task..."
3. In the "Create Basic Task Wizard" windows that pops up, Type in a title and a description. Something basic like "PC Shutdown."
4. Click "Next."
5. On the "Task Trigger" screen, choose the frequency with which you want the Shutdown PC to run. For nightly shutdown, click on "daily" and click the Next" button.
6.On the "Daily" screen, enter the date and time you want your PC to shutdown. Click "Next."
7. On the "Action" screen, choose "Start a program" and click "Next."
8. On the "Start a Program" screen, type C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe in the "Program/script" text field.
9. In the Add arguments text field type /s.
10. Click "Next."
11. Confirm your settings on the Summary screen and click "Finish."
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1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools and click on the Task Scheduler.
2. From the Action menu in Task Scheduler, click "Create Basic Task..."
3. In the "Create Basic Task Wizard" windows that pops up, Type in a title and a description. Something basic like "PC Shutdown."
4. Click "Next."
5. On the "Task Trigger" screen, choose the frequency with which you want the Shutdown PC to run. For nightly shutdown, click on "daily" and click the Next" button.
6.On the "Daily" screen, enter the date and time you want your PC to shutdown. Click "Next."
7. On the "Action" screen, choose "Start a program" and click "Next."
8. On the "Start a Program" screen, type C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe in the "Program/script" text field.
9. In the Add arguments text field type /s.
10. Click "Next."
11. Confirm your settings on the Summary screen and click "Finish."
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Written on 18th march, 5:00 p.m.
