Wednesday, September 22, 2010

How to shutdown your computer even if you're not around...

If you want to shutdown your computer at some schedule without you in front of the pc. Example, you will go to some place but you can't shutdown your pc the time you leave because you are still downloading. Or you need to shutdown your computer every 6 in the evening. You can do that and it is just simple using the scheduler in your pc. Just make sure that you logged in as administrator when doing this.

1) Click Start.
2) Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks

3) Click Add Scheduled Task
4) A wizard will show, click Next until you can see programs and there is a Browse button.

5) Click the browse button and look for system 32 (usually in C:\WINDOWS\system32)
6) Find shutdwon.exe
7) Choose your desired option, whether it could be daily, weekly and the time you want it to run.

8) Follow the next options and Click Next until you will find Finish button.