I'm leaving for a week and was hoping I could have my computer run an
automatic program. A week may be too long to go without a restart so I want
my computer to restart maybe every 24 hours or so. Is there a way to do this?

Hi Ben
This will do the job.
create a new text document and add the folowing..

SHUTDOWN -r -t 01

then save the document as restart.bat to your desktop saving as all files,
not text

you can now use the shedualed tasks to run this batch file on a daily basis.

just add the programs you want to run to your startup, and enjoy your
holliday.

this will give you what you need

"Ben" wrote:

> I'm leaving for a week and was hoping I could have my computer run an
> automatic program. A week may be too long to go without a restart so I want
> my computer to restart maybe every 24 hours or so. Is there a way to do this?

If I want to find out more about how to write this type of batch programs,
where is a good place to start?

Any books/online rescources you recommand?

"Jason" wrote:

> Hi Ben
> This will do the job.
> create a new text document and add the folowing..
>
> SHUTDOWN -r -t 01
>
> then save the document as restart.bat to your desktop saving as all files,
> not text
>
> you can now use the shedualed tasks to run this batch file on a daily basis.
>
> just add the programs you want to run to your startup, and enjoy your
> holliday.
>
> this will give you what you need
>
> "Ben" wrote:
>
> > I'm leaving for a week and was hoping I could have my computer run an
> > automatic program. A week may be too long to go without a restart so I want
> > my computer to restart maybe every 24 hours or so. Is there a way to do this?

Hi Frankyz.

This should at least get you going, very handy if not a bit messy for a web
site. still good though

http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm

Good Luck

Jason
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"frankyz" wrote:

> If I want to find out more about how to write this type of batch programs,
> where is a good place to start?
>
> Any books/online rescources you recommand?
>
> "Jason" wrote:
>
> > Hi Ben
> > This will do the job.
> > create a new text document and add the folowing..
> >
> > SHUTDOWN -r -t 01
> >
> > then save the document as restart.bat to your desktop saving as all files,
> > not text
> >
> > you can now use the shedualed tasks to run this batch file on a daily basis.
> >
> > just add the programs you want to run to your startup, and enjoy your
> > holliday.
> >
> > this will give you what you need
> >
> > "Ben" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm leaving for a week and was hoping I could have my computer run an
> > > automatic program. A week may be too long to go without a restart so I want
> > > my computer to restart maybe every 24 hours or so. Is there a way to do this?

Jason wrote:

> Hi Ben
> This will do the job.
> create a new text document and add the folowing..
>
> SHUTDOWN -r -t 01
>
> then save the document as restart.bat to your desktop saving as all
> files, not text
>
> you can now use the shedualed tasks to run this batch file on a daily
> basis.
>
> just add the programs you want to run to your startup, and enjoy your
> holliday.
>
> this will give you what you need


Yes, *but*...

If the system doesn't log him on automatically, it won't get past the logon.
He also needs to set it for autologon.

If anything slightly abnormal occurs during the startup, and he gets
prompted for a keystroke or mouse click to continue, the startup won't
complete.

My guess is that the risk of something screwing up the completion of the
startup is greater than the risk of problems caused by running a week
without a restarting. If it were me, I'd just let the computer run for the
week, but even then, I wouldn't be confident that it would always be
running.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>> I'm leaving for a week and was hoping I could have my computer
>> run an automatic program. A week may be too long to go without a
>> restart so I want my computer to restart maybe every 24 hours or so.
>> Is there a way to do this?