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Vista Standby timer

  • 29-06-2009 10:58pm
    #1
    jollylee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭


    Hi guys. I'd like to be able to set my laptop to go into standby after a set time for night time music listening. I found this code using google but no idea how to use it. I get that i put it into the run command but no idea where to put the time or in what format. Any help appreciated!
    shutdown -s -f -t time


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  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Moved from laptops


  • #3
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    The time is the delay is in seconds. Check 'shutdown' in Help the code you showed works in XP but I've no idea about Vista.


  • #4
    Loveless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 504 ✭✭✭Loveless


    Open up Notepad, copy and paste the line of code that you have.
    Replace the word 'TIME' with something like '60' (for a 60sec shutdown time).

    Save the file to somewhere handy like your Desktop or Documents folder, and call it something like "SHUTDOWN.BAT"

    Go into Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks, and create a Scheduled Task to point to your file "SHUTDOWN.BAT", and set the Run time to something like 11:00PM.


    'Scheduled Tasks' may not be in the Control Panel on Vista, but try searching for it using the F1 Help screen.

    I use this on XP to shutdown my PC automatically at night.


  • #5
    SickBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,537 ✭✭✭SickBoy


    What Loveless said is spot on.

    Start task scheduler by running 'mmc.exe taskschd.msc' from the start menu.

    If you don't want to completely shut down your system you can use the /h parameter to hibernate instead.


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