Gaming Computer auto shutdown/turn on at set time?

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I went to google to search for a program that makes a PC auto turn on or shutdown at an allocated time but in doing so, it threw up with tons and tons of results. I just want a basic no thrills version. Any suggestions?

 

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I went to google to search for a program that makes a PC auto turn on or shutdown at an allocated time but in doing so, it threw up with tons and tons of results. I just want a basic no thrills version. Any suggestions?

Use Scheduled Tasks that is built into Windows.

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Using Task Scheduler to schedule the computer to shut down and restart at a specific time

ÂÂÂÂ* Click Start, Run and type control schedtasks

ÂÂÂÂ* Double-click Add Scheduled Task. The Scheduled Task Wizard starts. (Or right click new scheduled task)

ÂÂÂÂ* Click Next.
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ÂÂÂÂ* Under Click the program you want Windows to run, click Browse.
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ÂÂÂÂ* In the Select Program to Schedule dialog box, locate the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder, locate and click the Shutdown.exe file, and then click Open.

ÂÂÂÂ* Under Perform this task, specify a name for the task and how frequently you want this task to run, and then click Next.

ÂÂÂÂ* Under Select the time and day you want this task to start, specify a start time and date for the task, and then click Next.

ÂÂÂÂ* Type the user name and password to run this task under, and then click Next.

ÂÂÂÂ* Click to select the Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish check box, and then click Finish.

ÂÂÂÂ* Click the Task tab. In the Run box, specify any additional parameters that you want to use with Shutdown.exe. Click OK.

Important: In the 10th step, you need to add the parameters for the Shutdown.exe command. To immediately shutdown the system (0 second timeout), the command-line would be:

shutdown.exe -s -t 00

To reboot the system immediately, this command:

shutdown.exe -r -t 00

For additional help, type Shutdown /? at the Command Prompt. Scheduling the Shutdown.exe without any parameters will not help. It will just execute with a exit code 0 (success)