How to Auto Shutdown Desktop Computer when at Windows Login Screen(before login)

[Skyson]

Hi, anyone out there know the solution of the a/m issue, many thnks for any
advise.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi, anyone out there know the solution of the a/m issue, many thnks for
any advise.

Shutting your PC down automatically before logging on seems
counter-productive. Do you want to cripple someone's PC?

 

[Skyson]

Don't be mistaken, it's meant for saving electricity bill for my company's
common computer room. Most users will just logoff but don't bother to
power-off the system. If we are able to auto shutdown for instance at
2359hrs, then at least we can save up to a few hours everyday for that 20+
computers in the computer room, any good suggestions ?!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The Subject line of this post is somewhat ambiguous because
it did not mention the phrase "after logout)", hence my question.

What you probably need is this: How can you automatically
shut down a computer at a specific time, provided that nobody
is logged on at that time?

You could do it by creating this batch file:

@echo off
c:\tools\psloggedon.exe | find /i "%computername%" && goto :eof
shutdown -f -t 3

Now use the Task Scheduler to run this batch file every day
at 23:59.

You can download psloggedon.exe from www.sysinternals.com.