Shutdown Your PC With a Timer Without any Software
My brother has this habit of sleeping in front of my machine watching movies and he is always dependent on me to shut down the PC and even if I forget to do so, I believe we waste a lot of electricity.
Now, I have seen a few add-ons and software that helps you shut down your computer at your desired time but I recently learnt that there is no need of such add-ons or software for that matter. Simply follow these easy steps and shut down your computer anytime you like.
Method 1
1. Right click on your desktop and create a short cut
2. It will now ask you to “Type the location of the shortcut”
3. Type shutdown -s -t 3600 there. Note that 3600 are seconds means 60secsx60mins= 3600secs.
4. Now to disable the timer. Create another short cut and enter shutdown -a You’re done
Method 2
This one is really simple. All you need to is run the RUN command from Start Menu.
- Type in the time when you would like your PC to shut down itself. Use the command in this format at 11:35 shutdown -s
- To disable it run the RUN command again and type shutdown -a
Note: : The timer will set the time in 24hr format which means if u would like to shutdown your PC at 10:30pm, you will need to type at 22:30 shutdown -s
I hope this helps.
Personally I’d recommend the second method. It’s easy and less time consuming.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
OR… just set the quota system… it’s on Vista for sure, and seems like it’s on XP as well… MUCH easier.
October 10th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Neat little trick. Could be quite useful
October 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
don’t forget us Linux users please
October 10th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
I think you meant to say that method two is “LESS time consuming”
October 11th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Very nice. Awesome idea. I’m not using Windows, but wouldn’t that cause the shutdown in xx:xx window to show until the timer expires?
October 11th, 2008 at 2:13 am
“It’s easy and time consuming.” Really? Sign me up!
Great post, though. Good work.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:44 am
Use shutdown /h in a DOS windows to see all the options
October 11th, 2008 at 6:00 am
its easy *and* time consuming? awesome :D
October 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Hi if anyone wants to know the complete usage of the shutdown command (which is a windows command) you can goto the cmd prompt (Run->cmd) and type “shutdown /?” or just “shutdown” this will give you the complete list of the operators and their use for the shutdown command.
eg like the gui mode for the shutdown command where you can add other machines for remote shutdown. (shutdown -i)
October 11th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I’m sorry ..dont make such a big deal out of it..it was just a typo*
October 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
deralaand:
In linux its even easier. as root:
sleep 3600 && shutdown now
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 am
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