Free sleep timer for pc?

[joe54345]

I'm looking for a free sleep timer for my PC. I like to listen to mp3s
as I go to sleep and I'd like some program to turn off my computer at a
designated time. Anything out there?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Using Task Scheduler to schedule the computer to shut down and restart at a
specific time
http://www.winxptutor.com/schsd.htm

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[joe54345]

I tried it. A black dialogue box pops up at the specified time then
goes away and nothing happens. Did I do something wrong?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Just a SWAG, but, yeah, you may have done something wrong. ;-)

Look over the article again and see what you have done incorrectly or what
you may have left out.

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[joe54345]

Ok I have two questions with these instructions:
%SystemRoot%\System32 folder, locate and click the Shutdown.exe file,
and then click Open.

I didn't find anything with the %SystemRoot% but I did find the
System32 folder in the Windows folder and found a Shutdown.exe file. Is
that the one I want or is there another one. They aren't specific on
what folder this file exists in.

then click Next.


What user name and password? I don't have one set up on my computer so
I just made one up. The computer told me it might not work because it
doesn't recognize the username.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

To know exactly what %SystemRoot% is type or paste it into Start | Run and
see what opens.

%SystemRoot% is usually C:\WINDOWS so %SystemRoot%\System32 would be the
same as C:\WINDOWS\System32. %SystemRoot% could also be D:\WINDOWS or
C:\WINNT. %SystemRoot% is used when we do not know what you actually have
and it also works in place of what you actually have. As you may have seen
if you typed it in Start | Run. And yes you selected the proper
Shutdown.exe file.

You are supposed to have a password for your account for scheduling tasks,
however there is a registry tweak to get around that.

So you have to either set your account up with a password or use the
registry tweak.

See this (Includes the warning)...
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?hl=en&lr=&[email protected]

To create a user password
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...l/proddocs/en-us/usercpl_create_password.mspx

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[Guest]

I'm trying to do the same thing, and I followed everything including setting
a password, but when I hit OK or Apply and then enter the password, I get an
error:

An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The
specific error is: 0x8007007a: The data area passed to a system call is too
small.

Please Help!

Raimie

 

[David Candy]

Why don't you type that message in Help (while online)

 

[Guest]

Hmm, I tried that. I found something about a problem with the username, and
followed the instructions (which were to remove the username and remake it)
and I still get the error.

 

[David Candy]

Ugg. Try again then.

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Hmm, I tried that. I found something about a problem with the username, and
followed the instructions (which were to remove the username and remake it)
and I still get the error.

 

[Guest]

This is still not working. Can anybody help please?

Ugg. Try again then.

 

[David Candy]

Live with it then. If you are too stupid to use help .

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This is still not working. Can anybody help please?