Auto Shutdown using Commands
Posted: May 25, 2010 by i-rocker in
At times of exigency, we often find ourselves helpless, and are forced to be on our own. Well when it comes to computing in windows platform, i can say not having the right software at the right time is the same as being on one's own. That's why we are often prompted to use/exploit the Run commands available in windows. As an example we often want our system to shutdown after a specific time period, mostly when we play music or download files via internet. Well some software ( IDM, Media player Classic ) endues the facility of shutdown timer, many do not. The trick is a simple command can enable us make our system shutdown, logoff, restart or hibernate (if enabled) after a fixed time specified by us. First go to Start>Run. Then simply type Shutdown.exe -s -t 600. Here 600 is the time period in seconds, and -s stands for shutdown. The parameter -s can be replaced by -l to log off, by -r to restart or by -h to hibernate. Some important Run commands are enumerated below.
dxdiag - Opens DirectX Diagnostic Tool
msconfig - Opens System configuration Utility
regedit - Opens Registry Editor
gpedit.msc - Opens Group Policy Editor
msmsgs - MSN Messenger
winchat - Microsoft Chat
