WinXP SP3 + the latest patches up to March 2009
PC is member of Windows Server 2003 AD domain

Here's what I did at around 3:59 pm:

1. Logon as MachineName\Administrator

2. Create a scheduled task to shutdown my PC
* Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -f
* Run As: MachineName\Administrator
* Run only Once at 4:05 pm
3. Logoff

I then logon to the PC as user DomainName\John. Open Outlook 2007. Wait
until clock hits 4:05 pm to see my scheduled task kicks in to shutdown my
PC.

Nope... nothing happens. PC stays on.

What am I missing?

Oopps... I think I forgot -s switch.
I'm going to retry it with -s

"John" <a> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> WinXP SP3 + the latest patches up to March 2009
> PC is member of Windows Server 2003 AD domain
>
> Here's what I did at around 3:59 pm:
>
> 1. Logon as MachineName\Administrator
>
> 2. Create a scheduled task to shutdown my PC
> * Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -f
> * Run As: MachineName\Administrator
> * Run only Once at 4:05 pm
> 3. Logoff
>
> I then logon to the PC as user DomainName\John. Open Outlook 2007. Wait
> until clock hits 4:05 pm to see my scheduled task kicks in to shutdown my
> PC.
>
> Nope... nothing happens. PC stays on.
>
> What am I missing?
>

Ignore this post.
I got it working with -s -f switch

"John" <a> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Oopps... I think I forgot -s switch.
> I'm going to retry it with -s
>
> "John" <a> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> WinXP SP3 + the latest patches up to March 2009
>> PC is member of Windows Server 2003 AD domain
>>
>> Here's what I did at around 3:59 pm:
>>
>> 1. Logon as MachineName\Administrator
>>
>> 2. Create a scheduled task to shutdown my PC
>> * Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -f
>> * Run As: MachineName\Administrator
>> * Run only Once at 4:05 pm
>> 3. Logoff
>>
>> I then logon to the PC as user DomainName\John. Open Outlook 2007. Wait
>> until clock hits 4:05 pm to see my scheduled task kicks in to shutdown my
>> PC.
>>
>> Nope... nothing happens. PC stays on.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>
>

"John" <a> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> WinXP SP3 + the latest patches up to March 2009
> PC is member of Windows Server 2003 AD domain
>
> Here's what I did at around 3:59 pm:
>
> 1. Logon as MachineName\Administrator
>
> 2. Create a scheduled task to shutdown my PC
> * Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -f
> * Run As: MachineName\Administrator
> * Run only Once at 4:05 pm
> 3. Logoff
>
> I then logon to the PC as user DomainName\John. Open Outlook 2007. Wait
> until clock hits 4:05 pm to see my scheduled task kicks in to shutdown my
> PC.
>
> Nope... nothing happens. PC stays on.
>
> What am I missing?
>

Try this: path...\shutdown -s -t 2 -f

You need -s to make it shut down. The "-t 2" forces it
to shutdown in 2 seconds after open tasks are closed.

Actually all you need to do is make a batch file
named Shutdown.bat and containing the following:

@echo off
shutdown -s -t 2 -f

Make Shutdown.bat a scheduled task, and you're good
to go. You don't need the path as \system32 is in the
default XP path.