Timed shut down

Boy_Wonder

Boy_Wonder

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hi all,:)
i wa just wondering if their was a program or way to make it so my computer will shut down after a certain amount of time?
i know u can make it shut down if it ios idle for x amount of minutes but i use my comp as a dvd player in my room and oftern watch a dvd when im in bed and always fall asleep before it has done thn wake up with it still one an id like it so i can make it shut down by setting atime say 2hours so the film can finish then shut down, the idle shut down wont work coz when the dvd finishes the program stays open,
if any one could tell me how to do it or what program i need that would be great

thanks in advance:)
 
go to start-->run then type "shutdown -i" (without quotes).
a box will appear allowing you to add computers.Note that you must put your computername or your IP in the box. then put the amount of time it will run like 300sec which is 5 minutes, then put anything in the comment box.

to abort shutdown type "shutdown -a" in the run box again.<--only if you made a mistake earlier.
 
patrickv said:
go to start-->run then type "shutdown -i" (without quotes).
a box will appear allowing you to add computers.Note that you must put your computername or your IP in the box. then put the amount of time it will run like 300sec which is 5 minutes, then put anything in the comment box.

to abort shutdown type "shutdown -a" in the run box again.<--only if you made a mistake earlier.
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That will shut it down but not turn it off.
 
or probably am confusing shut down and turn off ?
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Shutdown and turn off are two different things. In most modern computers, if you did Start->Shutdown->Shutdown... then your computer would log off and physically cut power to itself. If you do the interactive command line shutdown thing, it will merely say: "It is now safe to turn off your computer", and then wait until you actually get around to turning it off, or pressing Ctrl+alt+del to restart Windows. So, it doesn't really do anything useful unless you are there to turn it off. You may as well have just had it automatically log you off after X number of minutes. That's why the interactive shutdown tool is mostly just for shutting down remote computers without cutting power, or shutting down Windows automatically if critical processes or services are terminated.
 
Draco Malfoy said:
Shutdown and turn off are two different things. In most modern computers, if you did Start->Shutdown->Shutdown... then your computer would log off and physically cut power to itself. If you do the interactive command line shutdown thing, it will merely say: "It is now safe to turn off your computer", and then wait until you actually get around to turning it off, or pressing Ctrl+alt+del to restart Windows. So, it doesn't really do anything useful unless you are there to turn it off. You may as well have just had it automatically log you off after X number of minutes. That's why the interactive shutdown tool is mostly just for shutting down remote computers without cutting power, or shutting down Windows automatically if critical processes or services are terminated.
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well i understand by thats not my case here. My home pc accepts the interactive command and kills everything then turns off, so does all my work pc.
but i do remeber a dell optiplex saying "It's now safe to turn off your computer"...but my office dell does not
 
Well the shut down command works on my laptop fine whenthe time expires it does a total shut down which is what i wanted, on my house mates desktop tho it goes go to the safe to shut down message, so we installed killwin on their and does the trick too so great thanks for the info
 
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