Question:
How can I schedule an automatic reboot?
I have the schedule service started and set up to start automatically, and I know how to dothe “at” commands. What I don’t know is the command to get it to reboot.
Answer:
Look at Shutdown.exe found in both the NT Resource Kit. While designed mainly forremote shutdown, if you don’t use a remote computer name, it will act on the localcomputer instead.
Remote shutdown is a tool that allows you to remotely shut down or reboot a computerrunning Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4. ShutDown provides system shutdown andrestart options from both the command-line and a GUI.
An example is:
shutdown /L /C /T:5
This will shut down the local computer, closing all of the applications in five seconds.
