Shutdown Windows XP using Scheduled Tasks

I use Scheduled Tasks to Shutdown Windows XP after download files from the internet. Yeah, i must leave my computer on to finish my download sometimes, but i also want to shutdown the computer after download.

Windows XP is using shutdown.exe, an external command availabel in Windows XP. The command enables a user to shutdown a Windows XP computer from the command line as well as perform additional features that are not available through Windows.

I’ll give you shutdown.exe syntax, you can use these syntax later on Scheduled Task
Usage shutdown.exe [-i | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-t xx] [-c "comment"]
-i = Display GUI Interface, mut be the first option
-s = Shutdown the computer
-r = Shutdown and restart the computer
-a = Abort a system shutdown
-t xx = Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c “comment” = Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f = Forces running applications to close without warning

Note : Shutdown Windows XP using Scheduled Tasks works on Windows XP Professional SP2 and SP3

STEPS

• Click Start, then click Control Panel
• Click Performance and Maintenance, the click Scheduled Tasks
• Double Click Add Scheduled Task. The Scheduled Task Wizard starts
• Click Next
• Under Click the program you want Windows to run, click Browse
• In the Select Program to Schedule dialog box, locate your Windows directory (%SystemRoot) \ System32 folder, locate and click the Shutdown.exe file, then click Open
• Under Perform this task, specify a name for the task and how frequently you want this task to run, then click Next
• Under Select the time and day you want this task to start, specify a start time and date for the task, then click Next
• Type the user name and password to run this task under, then click Next
• Click to select the Open advanced propertoes for this task when I click Finish check box, then click Finish
• Click the Task tab
• In the Run box, specify any additional paramaters that you want to use with Shutdown.exe (look for the Syntax above)
• Click OK