Vista Computer -- Can I have it shutdown at the same time each day?

[GCS]

Is there some way I can have my media server shutdown at the same time every day?

I don't need it on throughout the night so it would be nice to just shut it down completely.

Running 64 bit Vista Ultimate.

Greg

 

[nickbits]

yes,

make a scheduled task with the command:
shutdown /s /t 0

or you can suspend with this command:
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

 

[GCS]

Isn't Vista limited to 600 seconds though?

Plus I want it to shutdown at say 2am each night vs. shutdown in 2 hours etc as I have no idea what time each day the server will be turned on.

Greg

 

[Athena]

There are several shareware programs that you can use to for scheduled shutdown. You might want to start here.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: GCS
Isn't Vista limited to 600 seconds though?

Plus I want it to shutdown at say 2am each night vs. shutdown in 2 hours etc as I have no idea what time each day the server will be turned on.

Greg

You can set a specific time in the schedule task.

 

[MedicBob]

What about the power options in the BIOS?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: MedicBob
What about the power options in the BIOS?

bios generally have startup options, shutdown are rare since they require os participation.

 

[GCS]

I ended up using the Vista Shutdown Timer with appropriate parameters attached to shutdown at a set time PLUS running the program as a scheduled task in Task Scheduler on a daily basis.

These 2 items together took care of what I needed.

 

[Muse]

I've been using Poweroff (it's freeware) for years on Windows 2000, then XP Pro. Would probably work with Vista.

Poweroff download