Is there a way to set your PC to shut off at a later time?

[True Colors]

I have a Dell PC(Optiplex GX 280). I use it to run a process which takes about 4 hours. Is there some way to have my computer automatically turn itself off in 5 hours? Is there such a thing as a PC sleep timer?

Something free would be appreciated

TC

 

[Hefemeister]

what OS? you could write a batch file to accomplish this and use the scheduler or give it a timer.

 

[KSoD]

Cant the Task Scheduler that is included with all versions of Windows do this?

 

[Fazza]

In the past I have used the shutdown.exe program from Microsoft, off the top of my head (at the command line) type shutdown /t:xx - where xx is a number in seconds on when to shutdown your computer.

All you should need to do is calculate when you want it to shutdown and use calculator to convert it in to seconds and then type that at the command line.

 

[True Colors]

Regarding the original post....... I have windows XP service pack 3.

Just looking for something simple and basic that I can use to set a shut off time for 5 hours later.

TC

 

[drougier]

Download WindOff tool from here WindOFF - Descargar . This software has some nice options.
As other people on top said, you can do it with microsoft schedule task and a batch file...

Cheers!

 

[Fazza]

Regarding the original post....... I have windows XP service pack 3.

Just looking for something simple and basic that I can use to set a shut off time for 5 hours later.

TC

In that case use the shutdown command that is part of XP.

Click on the START menu, then RUN and type SHUTDOWN -I

This will bring up a GUI that you can then type in 90000 seconds (which is 5 hours), choose what options you want and then press OK!

It's really easy to do so give it a try!