Auto Shutdown

Thanks for the new tutorial Brink, I did add another account with password to run the task. Will put it to the test tonight. So much good info and help on this forum, Thanks everyone.

Brink said:

New updated tutorial below for Windows 10.

Automatically Shut Down Computer at Scheduled Time in Windows 10

Do you want a batch script that will do everything automatically? I can try to write it.

Thanks for asking Matthew Wai, but I will see if all goes well tonight. I added a account with password and told it to wake up computer if sleeping to run the task. I could even hide the account so kids don't get confused.

Not sure what I did wrong but it did not shut down last night. Something about denied task? I had a password on a account, was log off that account and computer was sleeping. I did all the steps in the tutorial, I did hide the account on the log in screen. Will try a figure out what when wrong tonight.

@zplugger, try this batch script: Automatically Shut Down Computer at Scheduled Time in Windows 10

zplugger said:

I could even hide the account so kids don't get confused.

Your kids cannot disable/delete/edit the task unless they have your password.

Was trying to do this on my daughters computer,had to return home today so it will be couple weeks before I can try again. When I got home I tried the same stuff on my computer and all worked? I had no problems,the other account was hidden on log on that controls the task and was log out.One thing I did notice is my computer shut down all fans when it goes into sleep mode, hers did not. Is there anything in bios to change? Does not make sense why mine works and hers doesn't. Both running same version of windows10.