How to Schedule Windows PC Auto Shutdown And Power On

How to Schedule Windows PC Auto Shutdown And Power On | Windows 10 Automatic Shutdown and Startup
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How Can I Start and Shut Down My Computer Automatically on a Schedule?
How to Schedule Windows 10 Shutdown and Startup

Whether you’re a freelancer who works from home in their dressing gown (guilty as charged) or a startup business owner who wants to make sure everything’s up and running as soon as you arrive in the office, there are a myriad of reasons to automate the startup and shutdown of Windows 10.
In this article we’ll show you how to use task scheduler and your BIOS to get Windows turning on and off at the exact time you want so that it’s ready when you sit down at your PC and shuts down at the end of the day.
Shut Down Windows 10 on a Schedule
Automatic shutdown in Windows 10 is one of the features of the Windows operating system which makes your computer safe and secure. Generally, we prefer our system to properly shutdown every time to lengthen the operating system's life. But sometimes when you work on your computer late at night, it is really hard to remember to shut down your computer, in those cases, you should use the automatic shutdown scheduler on your computer.

Sometimes you might want to schedule certain tasks, especially if you don’t have enough time to do them manually.
If you want to learn more about scheduling on Windows 10, today we’re going to show you how to schedule shutdown on Windows 10.
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If you can’t shut down your computer manually for some reason, you might want to schedule a shutdown. This is extremely useful if you leave your computer to do something during the night, or if you have to leave your computer for a few hours while you do some errands.
So, let’s see how to schedule a shutdown and power on in Windows 10.
You probably shut down your computer when you're done using it at the end of the day, but if not, you can set it to shut itself down on a schedule. This is easy to do with Windows Task Scheduler:
1. Hit the Start menu and type in "task scheduler". Open up Task Scheduler from your results.
2. In the right pane, hit Create Task. Give it a name, and under the General tab, check "Run with highest privileges". Also check "Run whether user is logged on or not", if you ever leave your computer logged out.
3. Head to the Settings tab and check "Stop the task if it runs longer than" and set it to "1 hour". This won't stop your computer from sleeping, but will stop your computer from thinking a task is still running.
4. Head to the Actions tab, hit New, and choose "Start a Program" as your action. Set the Program to shutdown and the arguments to -s.
5. Lastly, head to the Triggers tab and click New. Change the schedule to fit whatever you want (say, Daily at 12:00AM), and hit OK. Hit OK again at the next window and your task should be saved in Task Scheduler.
That's it. Now your computer should shut down and wake up on your own schedule.

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