Scheduling shutdown in XP

[cnhoff]

I want to keep my pc going for several days and then automatically shutdown and power off the system.

How can i do this?

 

[Saltin]

XP has the command tool shutdown.exe built in, so it is quite easy.

There are a couple of ways to do it, here's mine.
Open up a new text document, and paste this in

shutdown -s -f

Rename the text document ScheduleShutdown.bat

Place the .bat file in the root of your C: drive

Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Scheduled Tasks

Click "Add Scheduled Task", then click Next

Click the Browse button, and select the file ScheduleShutdown.bat

Click next, then set when and how often you want the task to take place.

 

[cnhoff]

Have done it exactly the way you describe before, but my problem is, that when i shut down with shutdown.exe, the system does not power off, i just see the screen "It's now safe to turn off your computer" or something. I don't have this problem, when shutting down manually, so it has nothing to do with ACPI or such?!

 

[PING]

check this topic. they posted the solution to your particular problem.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=863512