Auto-shut Down?

LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
<div class="IPBDescription">At a certain time?</div> Well, I've got Desert Combat downloading right now, but it's going to take another 40 minutes, and I want to sleep now. Can I set my computer to shut down in 45-ish minutes?

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  • GWARGWAR Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2297Members, Contributor
    I believe some download manages do that for you, maybe windows scheduling can shut it down?
  • VarsityVarsity Join Date: 2004-01-29 Member: 25687Members
    <a href='http://www.stardownloader.com' target='_blank'>Star Downloader</a> can shut down your computer when a download finishes.
  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    I'll try that next time this happens, thanks for the help guys. I'm going to leave it up, so people can just download from me. It's BitTorrent.
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    edited March 2004
    set yer windows prefs so that your computer goes into standby or hibernation in an hour or two...

    edit: control panel/power options/power schemes/system standby in 2 hours or so...
  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited March 2004
    If you have Windows XP

    -Click Start
    -Click Run

    type "shutdown -s -t #" without the quotes

    and put an amount of seconds in the place of the #

    like 3600 = 1 hour
    like 7200 = 2 hour
    etc

    if you want to abort it repeat the same,
    but type "shutdown -a" (without the quotes)
  • ToraniusToranius Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14252Members
    just one question by interest :

    is it possible to write and execute that by writing that command into a .bat file ?

    thx for answers

    p.s. dont want to try it right now <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ZaggyZaggy NullPointerException The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-12-10 Member: 24214Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos, Subnautica Playtester
    edited March 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Toranius+Mar 7 2004, 05:08 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Toranius @ Mar 7 2004, 05:08 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> just one question by interest :

    is it possible to write and execute that by writing that command into a .bat file ?

    thx for answers

    p.s. dont want to try it right now <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yep ( I personally love laming around at the school network spamming net send messages <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> )

    How to create a bat file with the shutdown thingie

    (make sure you don't hide known file extensions!)
    goto your desktop/place where you want the file

    right click

    click new

    click textfile/the notepad thingie

    now the place where you put the name in is blue, so type a name that ends with .bat, like "shutdown.bat" (without the quotes)

    confirm the renaming, left click somewhere else or something

    right click on the .bat file

    click edit (In Dutch its "bewerken") I'm not sure what it is in English

    I hope your notepad came up, if not make sure you open the .bat file with notepad

    put in the following line:

    "shutdown -s -t 7200" (without the quotes)

    save the .bat file

    this way, if you execute the .bat file, it will give a dialog saying that your system will shutdown in 2 hours.


    the dialog will look like this:
    (I'm Dutch so my Windows is Dutch and the message is Dutch <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
    <img src='http://zaggy.webspace4free.biz/shutting%20down.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

    PS:
    if you happen to the click the .bat file by accident, goto run and type "shutdown -a"
    (without the quotes)
  • ToraniusToranius Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14252Members
    just tried it
    didnt work the way u described it
    u forgot to mention that the file has to be located in ur windows/system32 folder

    otherway u get a dosbox with th line "shutdown -s-t 7200" being printed all the time

    but now it works
    thanks <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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