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turning of my pc using timer


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farrukh

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hello every one,
I want to ask that is there any program which can automatically shut down my system at a specified time. Please help me. Thanks.
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dsenette

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you could create a batch file (create a text file then change the extension to .bat) that contains the following text

shutdown -s -f


(the -s tells it to shutdown not restart the -f forces all programs to end that way it doesn't h ang on shutdown waiting for input from you)

then schedule it with either task scheduler or the AT command in dos
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gerryf

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Create a folder called scripts (c:\scripts)

open notepad

insert the following line

shutdown -s -t 60

save the file as shutdown.bat in the c:\scripts folder

Go to Control Panel > Schedule Tasks > add new task, click next, browse to c:\scripts\shutdown.bat, click next, click DAILY, set the time you want the PC to shut off, hit next and hit finish
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