Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a set
period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity or lack
there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it, perhaps a third
party utility or script could do the job? Instead of shutting itself off
maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine hibernate but I would
really prefer it to shut down.

Thank you very much.

See "Scheduled tasks", and "Shutdown.exe" in Windows Help and Support.

Jack Gillis wrote:

> Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a set
> period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity or lack
> there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it, perhaps a third
> party utility or script could do the job? Instead of shutting itself off
> maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine hibernate but I would
> really prefer it to shut down.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
>

"Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> See "Scheduled tasks", and "Shutdown.exe" in Windows Help and Support.
>
> Jack Gillis wrote:
>
>> Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a
>> set period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity
>> or lack there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it, perhaps
>> a third party utility or script could do the job? Instead of shutting
>> itself off maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine hibernate
>> but I would really prefer it to shut down.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>

Thank you very much, Bob.

That would seem to do the job but I can't figure out how to make
shutdown.exe run (Shutdown the computer) one hour after the computer turns
on. Can you help me?

Thanks again.

"Jack Gillis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> See "Scheduled tasks", and "Shutdown.exe" in Windows Help and Support.
>>
>> Jack Gillis wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a
>>> set period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity
>>> or lack there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it, perhaps
>>> a third party utility or script could do the job? Instead of shutting
>>> itself off maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine hibernate
>>> but I would really prefer it to shut down.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>
>
> Thank you very much, Bob.
>
> That would seem to do the job but I can't figure out how to make
> shutdown.exe run (Shutdown the computer) one hour after the computer turns
> on. Can you help me?
>
> Thanks again.
>

Run this command from the Command Prompt to see the
various switches for shutdown.exe:

shutdown /?

The -t switch lets you set the time until the shutown occurs.
Tell the Task Scheduler to run shutdown.exe at boot time,
as Bob recommended, and one hour later it will happen.

Mind you, you might not like the unconditional shutdown . . .

"Pegasus (MVP)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Jack Gillis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> See "Scheduled tasks", and "Shutdown.exe" in Windows Help and Support.
>>>
>>> Jack Gillis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a
>>>> set period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity
>>>> or lack there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it,
>>>> perhaps a third party utility or script could do the job? Instead of
>>>> shutting itself off maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine
>>>> hibernate but I would really prefer it to shut down.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>
>> Thank you very much, Bob.
>>
>> That would seem to do the job but I can't figure out how to make
>> shutdown.exe run (Shutdown the computer) one hour after the computer
>> turns on. Can you help me?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>
> Run this command from the Command Prompt to see the
> various switches for shutdown.exe:
>
> shutdown /?
>
> The -t switch lets you set the time until the shutown occurs.
> Tell the Task Scheduler to run shutdown.exe at boot time,
> as Bob recommended, and one hour later it will happen.
>
> Mind you, you might not like the unconditional shutdown . . .
>

That does it Pegasus and I thank you very much.

Jack Gillis wrote:

> "Bob I" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>See "Scheduled tasks", and "Shutdown.exe" in Windows Help and Support.
>>
>>Jack Gillis wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is there any way I can entice my XP machine to shut itself off after a
>>>set period of time -- say an hour or a half hour regardless of activity
>>>or lack there of? If there is no way to have XP itself do it, perhaps
>>>a third party utility or script could do the job? Instead of shutting
>>>itself off maybe I could be satisfied with having the machine hibernate
>>>but I would really prefer it to shut down.
>>>
>>>Thank you very much.
>>
>
> Thank you very much, Bob.
>
> That would seem to do the job but I can't figure out how to make
> shutdown.exe run (Shutdown the computer) one hour after the computer turns
> on. Can you help me?
>
> Thanks again.
>
>

You're welcome, I see you have it sorted.