Guest kev Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 how can I make my computer turn off automatically at midnight. Preferably with a password.
Guest Vanguard Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: countdown timer "kev" wrote in message news:1C035126-8CAF-49E5-8491-72D5E2A2D631@microsoft.com... > how can I make my computer turn off automatically at midnight. > Preferably > with a password. Schedule an event in Task Scheduler to run the 'shutdown.exe' command. In a DOS shell, run 'shutdown /?' to see what parameters it takes. When you define the event, you will be asked for your login password. If you are a limited account and need to run the program under an admin account then specify Administrator as the account and specify its login password. All scheduled events run under *some* account and use its password to authenticate the program can run under that account. As an alternate, and rather than a specific time but instead after a period of inactivity, you could use power options to put the computer into hibernation mode after the computer has been idle for too long.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: countdown timer "kev" <kev@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1C035126-8CAF-49E5-8491-72D5E2A2D631@microsoft.com... > how can I make my computer turn off automatically at midnight. Preferably > with a password. After implementing and testing Vanguard's excellent suggestion, think about expanding on your original idea. Sooner or later you will do some work at midnight and you won't much like it when the computer shuts down while you have unsaved data. Maybe an automatic warning message 15 minutes before midnight would be a good idea.
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