Shutting down the computer at a specified time is a useful feature in the Windows operating system. For example, you often forget to turn off your work computer when you go home. Or you can't sleep in the evenings if the room is too quiet, but a movie running on a PC acts like a sleeping pill on you. The movie ends, you are asleep, and there is no one to turn off the computer … To configure the appropriate settings for shutting down the computer, you need to take several steps.
Instructions
Step 1
To set the time to turn off your computer, you must have a password-protected account. For example, you are the only user. Call through the "Start" menu "Control Panel". In the User Accounts category, select the Change Account task and the Administrator account.
Step 2
In the window that opens, select the task "Create a password". Enter in the first field the password with which you will log into the system, in the second field enter the password identical to the one you entered above. Click on the "Create Password" button. Now you can go to the settings for shutting down the computer at a specified time.
Step 3
Open the "Standard" folder through the "Start" menu, select the "System" subfolder and click on the "Scheduled Tasks" item in the submenu. In the window that opens, select the "Add task" icon - the "Task scheduling wizard" will start. Click the "Next" button in the welcome window.
Step 4
In the window with a list of available applications, click on the "Browse" button. In the window that opens, specify the path to the shutdown.exe file. It is located on the disk with the installed operating system, in the WINDOWS folder and in the system32 subfolder. After that, specify a name for the task (for example, "Automatic computer shutdown") and select when the task should be launched (daily, weekly, etc.). Click on the "Next" button.
Step 5
Set the time at which the computer should be turned off, and set the frequency of the task execution, specify the date from which this task will begin to operate. Click on the "Next" button. Enter and confirm the password with which you log in (your account will be detected automatically), and proceed to the next step.
Step 6
Put a marker in the field "Set additional parameters after clicking the" Finish "button and click on the" Finish "button itself. In the window of the created task (it will open automatically) go to the “Task” tab and find the “Run” item. After the extension.exe without quotes [-s] (a space, then a hyphen and the letter s) and click on the "Apply" button. This is necessary for the system to execute the "Shutdown" command, and not "Restart" or start the standby mode. Confirm the changes with the system password, close the window.
