How to schedule Shutdown PC running Windows Xp, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

In college days i was was die hard downloader and i was restricted to 2:00 A.M to 8:00 A.M for free downloading so it was my habit to wake up at 2:00 and start downloading at 2:00 A.M, because my free downloading time was till 8:00 A.M and after that downloading was chargeable so those days i used this method to automatically shutdown my PC. You can use this feature as per your need. or just for knowledge.

Use Scheduled Task To Shutdown Pc

1. No open Task Scheduler by typing task Scheduler in Start Button Search Box.

2.  Now click on Create Task from the lest pane of Task Scheduler.

3. Now click on Trigger tab and then click on New button.

4. Now define the Date and Time on which you want to schedule the task to be executed automatically under On Time, if you want to execute the task only once. You can also choose any appropriate option to schedule your task. After defining time click on OK button.

5. Now choose Action from the tab and then click on New button.

6.  Under Action choose Start a program, and then type C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /l  under Program/Script text box.then press OK button.

Now your PC will be automatically Shutdown on the time given in Action settings.