Journal #6348 by DiscoStu

DiscoStu

Posted 14 years ago2010-01-25 13:20:53 UTC

I have never been able to schedule my computer to shut down on its own.

I mean, it should be simple. Just go to scheduled tasks in control panel, add the task "shutdown -s" at the time you want it and that's it. But no. I always get some "access denied" error or something like that. Sometimes I hate Windows more than the usual.

naserve

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-25 13:48:07 UTC Comment #61794

Download Advanced System Care, one of its Admin Tools is scheduled shutdown, plus it has a lot of other useful tools.

Notewell

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-25 14:37:17 UTC Comment #61795

Write a batch file that shuts the computer off and have that run on a schedule.
Why do you want it to turn off on it's own?

DiscoStu

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-25 15:54:50 UTC Comment #61796

@Naserve: Thanks, gonna check that out.
@Jeff: Because I know in advance I won't be around at the time I want it to shut down?

Striker

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-25 18:44:57 UTC Comment #61793

I recommend ASC, it's an extremely useful program. Unfortunately, it only resolves half the problems it should- you must buy it to do the rest. But it still does the job, I use it at least once every half-week. And I combine it with Iobit Smart Defrag to speed up my hdd(and defragmenting also increases the hdd's life span)

DiscoStu

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-25 22:04:52 UTC Comment #61797

I found out that it returns the error for every scheduled task. It complains about incomplete user data, that I haven't entered my password. Because I don't have one.

Rimrook

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-26 01:12:45 UTC Comment #61791

My computer still exhibits the self-powering on anomaly.

Jessie

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-26 06:07:44 UTC Comment #61792

Exactly the same thing here, DiscoStu.

DiscoStu

Commented 14 years ago2010-01-26 12:39:02 UTC Comment #61798

Surely that case had to come up at some Microsoft staff meeting... at some point, someone has to wonder what to do if the user has no password.

Oh well, M$. Not surprising it doesn't work as intended.

Journal #6348

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