For last few days I was searching for a technique to shutdown my laptop automatically at a specific time. My broadband package allow me to download unlimited data only at night i.e from 2300 hrs to 0600 hrs. So, I want some sort of technique to shutdown my desktop before 0600 hrs otherwise I will be charged for downloading data by my ISP. And finally I got a trick. You might also be facing such type of problem. But don't worry friends a trick is here to solve your problem.
Trick 1:
- Start > Run
- Type 'shutdown -s -t 1800' without quotes
- Click OK
- A dialog will appear showing the countdown timer
Note: 1800 is the amount of time remaining before your computer shutdowns. 1800 is in seconds - 60sec * 30 min = 1800 sec. If you want to shutdown your desktop after 1 hour simply enter 3600 sec, as 60 sec * 60 min = 3600 sec.
How to cancel the shutdown timer ?
- Start > Run
- Type 'shutdown -a' without quotes
- Right click on desktop, Go to New > Shortcut
- Type 'shutdown -s -t 1800' without quotes
- Click Next
- Type whatever you want to name the shortcut link.
- Click Finish.
- Now a shortcut is created in the desktop.
- Just double click it and your shutdown timer will start.
- You can customize the look of the shortcut.
- Right click on the shortcut icon, Go to Properties > Customize > Change Icon > Select any icon from the gallery > Click OK
In this trick we will create a shutdown job by using the 'at' command, which is used to schedule task manually in windows.
- Start > Run
- Type 'at 13:26 shutdown -s' without quotes, it will shutdown your computer at 13:26
- If you type 'at 13:26 shutdown -s -t 60', it will shutdown your computer after 60 sec from 13:26 hrs
- Click OK
- Start > Run
- Type cmd
- Type 'at' without quotes. It will display the list of jobs in your computer.along with their Status ID, Time of execution, Command to be executed etc.
- Start > Run
- Type cmd
- Type 'at 1 /delete' without quotes. Here '1' represents Status ID of the job. I have already mentioned in the above paragraph how to view the Status ID of the job.
References:
Microsoft Help & Support, Article ID: 313565
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