Schedule Startup & Shut Down

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Hi,

Is there anyway to set my XP Pro to startup in the morning at a certain time
and close down later in the day? I've looked but see nothing (apart from
power settings for ahutting down).

Cheers,

Frank.
 
Frank said:
Hi,

Is there anyway to set my XP Pro to startup in the morning at a certain time
and close down later in the day? I've looked but see nothing (apart from
power settings for ahutting down).

Cheers,

Frank.
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You can start up your PC with your BIOS (if it
has this functionality).

You can shut it down by invoking shutdown.exe
via the Task Scheduler (Control Panel).
 
Most modern computers support being turned on by the BIOS. See your computer's manual for information on accessing the BIOS and its settings.

As for shutting down. Open a command prompt window and enter

SHUTDOWN /?

This will give you the command line options. You can then create a Scheduled Task using the command.

SHUTDOWN -F -S -t 10

Will force a shutdown of the computer after a 10 second delay.
 
Start up would have to be performed in the BIOS. IF your PC supports it.
Shutdown can be performed by using Task Scheduler and shutdown.exe.
 
Thank you all for your suggestions. I have accessed the BIOS but it doesn't
give me any startup time options (unless its in a particulary obsuce place).
I looked under all the headings just to check (not just power management).

I'm amazed that there isn't an easily accessed utility that allows you to
set power up and down times.
 
Have a look in c:\windows\system32. If the command exists
there then it is an external command!
 
Yes, shutdown is an external command.

%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe
or
C:\WINDOWS\System32\shutdown.exe

shutdown.exe = Windows Remote Shutdown Tool

For help on shutdown, paste the following line into Start | Run and click
OK...

hh ntcmds.chm::/shutdown.htm

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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