How to Make Computer Turn Off/Restart/Shutdown at a Specific Time [Tutorial]
40How to Make Computer Turn Off/Restart/Shutdown at a Specific Time [Tutorial]
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Yesterday, we saw how we could schedule Shutdown or Restarts in Windows using the Task Scheduler. While you can always use the Shutdown /s /t command and create a desktop shortcut to delay the shutdown of your Windows computer and make it shut down after a particular time, if you really need to time your shutdown or restarts frequently, then you may want to check out these freeware apps.
Whether you’re a freelancer who works from home in their dressing gown (guilty as charged) or a startup business owner who wants to make sure everything’s up and running as soon as you arrive in the office, there are a myriad of reasons to automate the startup and shutdown of Windows 10.
While you can always use the Shutdown /s /t 60 command and create a desktop shortcut to delay shutdown of your Windows 10/8/7 computer by (in this case 60 secs) or make it shutdown at a particular time after calculating the time in seconds, you can also use the Task scheduler to shut down, restart or perform any action at one time or periodically.
Schedule Shutdown or Restarts in Windows
Using the Task Scheduler, you can schedule computer to shut down at a certain time in the night or any time! And why might you want to do this? Maybe your computer is processing a task or maybe it is downloading files from the Internet, and you do not want to wait till then. You can then schedule it to shut down after say 2 hours, while you go on to catch up on your beauty sleep!
To make your computer shutdown at a particular time, type taskschd.msc is start search and hit Enter to open the Task Scheduler. In the right panel, click on Create Basic Task.
It’s good to to power off your PC when you’re not using it, but do you ever forget and leave it on? Here’s how to configure Windows to automatically power down at night, but only if you’re not using the PC at the time.
We really recommend putting your PC to sleep rather than shutting it down as a normal course of action. Sleep and hibernation have both come a long way since the early days of Windows and if you avoid using them because you used to have problems, you might be pleasantly surprised with how well they work now. And if you still have trouble with your PC waking up prematurely, we have some advice for keeping that from happening.
Of course, if you’d really like to shut your PC down automatically instead, we understand. And it isn’t hard to do. You just need to set up a scheduled task with rules to prevent the shut down if you’re up late using the PC.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).