Delayed shutdown command

[Guest]

The other week I wanted to shutdown the computer with a delay on it, and I
found the command "shutdown -t xx" through a forum. I tested the command, but
all it does is log me out instantly (no matter the value of xx) and takes me
to the welcome screen. It doesn't power it down at all. I checked the command
syntax using the command line help, and it said I was doing it correctly. I
have SP2 installed onto XP, is this a bug in the software?

On an unrelated matter, despite the fact that I do not have SQL installed
and my 1434 port closed (and the system is patched), I keep getting a popup
from my 3rd party firewall/antivirus (Trend Micro) that the WORM_SQL1434 (a
very old worm) network attack was detected and blocked. This only started
happening about 3 months ago, before I installed SP2. The only change I made
around that time was switching ISP's. I assume that my old ISP blocked it,
but the new one does not, and that for some reason Windows is still
vulnerable to it.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If you are making a shortcut, you forgot the .exe and the s.

Here's mine. I have mine set for zero time, hence the 00.

%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00
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For help on shutdown, open a command prompt and type:

shutdown /?

Hit Enter
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Set timeout for shutdown to 00 seconds (use your own time setting).

If you are using the command prompt...
Open a command prompt and type or paste:

shutdown -s -t 00

Hit Enter