How to schedule to shutdown

How to schedule to restart a Windows server

in a case you want to restart a windows server at a certain time, you can use shutdown command plus Scheduled Tasks. Here are step by step:

1. Create a batch file called downtime.bat using notepad.

2. Add this line in the batch: shutdown -r -f -t 30 (note: -r = Shutdown and restart the computer, -f = Forces running applications to close without warning, -t 30 = Set timeout for shutdown to 30 seconds) and save the downtime.bat at C drive.

3. Open Scheduled Tasks by going to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools.

4. Click Add Scheduled Tasks.

5. Browse the downtime.bat from C drive.

6. Follow the screen to setup the day and time.

7. Assign a user who has administrator rights and finish the settings.

Note: the shutdown options may different deepening on eth version of the shutdown command.