Schedule a Windows computer to shut down without software

You are downloading a movie or software with a large capacity but you have to go to school immediately or you want to plug in the gaming machine for a while but still want it to rest when you go to bed. This is a shutdown timer , today I will show you a little trick to help you schedule Log off , Resrtart or Hibernate . right on your Windows OS without installing any other software.

Turn off the computer without software

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First, go to Start => select Run (or on the keyboard press Windows + R) and then paste the following command in the Run box:

shutdown -s -t 3600

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In which : shutdown: is the keyword

-s: stands for shutdown command

-t: is a time symbol in seconds

3600: This is the ' amount of time you want the computer to shut down ' automatically from the time you set the command. Here I put 3600 s corresponding to 1 hour after the machine is turned off.

Results after applying the above command

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Cancel the timer command created

If you want to cancel the shutdown timer, go to Run as above (Start => Run or Windows + R) and paste the following command:

shutdown -a

 

The cancellation result is as follows:

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Restart timer for Restart computer

Alternatively, you can change '-s' to '-r' to schedule a restart of the computer (r stands for Restart) or '-l' to schedule Log off the computer …

shutdown -r -t 3600

shutdown -l -t 3600

The same goes for other commands, if you remember some English terms it will be easy to create commands. Otherwise, you can view the commands in the Command Prompt by going to Start -> Run (Window + R), type 'cmd' into the Run box and press Enter, a new window will appear, type the following command:

shutdown?

The results returned are as follows:

Here are some commands to use if you don't remember them all!

Good luck !