How can I shut down a computer with scheduled tasks?

[The village idiot]

Title says it all. How can I shut down a computer with a scheduled task, even if there is still an application running. I didn't see anything in the windows help menus to shut it down. But it will tell me how to wake it up. Running win2000pro.

[parsonsj]

Try a GOOGLE Search of

schedule windows 2000 shutdown

and you will get many hits for programs, scripts, hints and links to articles on how to do this.

[stiltman]

SHUTDOWN.exe (Win2k Resource Kit now a standard command in XP)


Shutdown the computer

Syntax for NT/2K (see below for XP)

SHUTDOWN [\\Computer] [/L] [/A] [/R] [/T:xx] ["Msg"] [/Y] [/C]

key
\\Computer : A remote computer to shutdown.
/L : A local shutdown.(under XP this is a logoff only)

"Msg" : An optional shutdown message
/R : Shutdown and reboot

/T:xx : Set the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. default]

/A : Abort a system shutdown during the timeout period.

/Y : Answer all following questions with yes

/C : Force running applications to close.
ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter shutdown will not
prompt for File-Save in any open applications.
This will result in a loss of all unsaved data!!!

[The village idiot]

Thanks, wish I had the resource kit now That's still an optional, pay for it component right? Maybe I'll have to down grade to XP. Wonder if the Pinnacle Bungee will run under XP? Guess I might find out.

[The village idiot]

Found a bunch of freeware stuff here:

http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/system/fwshutdown.shtml

Still surprised that 2K doesn't offer something as part of the scheduled tasks.

[RabidDog]

8) I use a nice little proggy called timed shutdown. It allow four different triggers to cause shutdown
timed
disk activity
cpu activity
network activity

Works very well and I have nver had any problems with it.
Timed shutdown by tinnes freeware, which is nice. :P

[g_shocker182]

I always use SwitchOff.

I love it because its only 32Kbs and small/ easy.