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I have one win2k3 server. I want daily morning 8.00 am it should switched on and it should shutdown at night 10.pm automatically. is it possible ? Is there any script available ? or any built in function is there? . I searched many websites but found only reboot at particular time . My requirement is some what different.

Help please

first off get psshutdown from following like:

PsShutdown

then do the following.

Store file on Windows server in folder. I use folder called C:\admutils. Next open windows command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) and use windows at command to schedule reboot:
c:> at 2:00am c:\admutils\psshutdown.exe -r -f -c -t 10
Above command will reboot system at 2am. If you want to shutdown system:
c:> at 1:00am c:\admutils\psshutdown.exe -s -f -c -t 10
Where,

• -s: Shutdown windows server
• -r: Reboot windows server
• -f: Forces all running application to exit
• -c: Allow the shutdown to by cancel by user
• -t: Specifies the countdown in seconds until the shutdown

there is documentation on the above site as well.

Thank u for reply.

Using psshutdown we can shutdowm the server. For shutdown the system it is ok. Once I shutdown the system at 10 pm using psshutdown, I want that system should switch on next day morning 8 am.
Like psshutdown, is there any other utility for switching on the system automatically? or any other idea?

I'm not sure about software but you can use hardware feature such as IMPI or WOL (wake up on LAN) feature to start server again.

WOL is an Ethernet computer networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or woken up remotely by a network message. Most modern server. Most modern motherboards with an embedded Ethernet controller support WoL without the need for an external cable.

Hope this helps.

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1. Buy a plug in timer. Plug it into wall socket. Plug computer into timer.

2. Set APIC=on in bios

3. In bios set ac back to full on. DO NOT set power up timer in bios.

4. use psshutdown to shutdown computer at 12:00

5. Set plug in timer to shutdown at 12:05 (after computer is shut down).

6. Set timer to turn on at 5:00.

The computer should shut itself down The timer will cut power to the computer after the computer is already shut down. At 5:00 the timer will turn on the power to the computer. The computer will think that there has been a power outage and (since it is set to AC back full on power) it will boot.

Thank you symantech for giving such a wonderful , great (?) answer .

Keep it up.