{"id":195,"date":"2007-03-22T13:38:21","date_gmt":"2007-03-22T18:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/windows-tutorials\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart"},"modified":"2007-04-11T19:01:40","modified_gmt":"2007-04-12T00:01:40","slug":"schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/windows-tutorials\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart","title":{"rendered":"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How to schedule a Windows 98\/2000\/XP\/2003 Computer to reboot.<\/p>\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to schedule your PC to reboot at a given time and date, using the utility provided. This tutorial will work with Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 98. For this tutorial I will be using windows XP.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First <a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/shutdown-utility.zip\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart Download\">Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart Download<\/a>. Save it to disk and extract shutdown.exe to your C:\\ drive.<\/p>\n<p>Now open the Control Panel by clicking Start &gt; Control Panel<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-1.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-1.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the Control Panel double click the Schedules Tasks (May be labeled Task Scheduler in other versions of windows) icon .<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-2.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-2.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Scheduled Tasks window should open up. Select Add Scheduled Task<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-3.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-3.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This scheduled task wizard should open. Click next on the first screen.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-4.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-4.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click browse and locate the shutdown.exe program. Select shutdown.exe and click open.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-5.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-5.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select how often you would like to perform the task. I want my computer restart Weekly on Sunday morning, so I selected weekly. Make your select and click the next button.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-6.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-6.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now select the time and the days of the week and click next. I selected 2am on every Monday.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-7.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-7.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the next screen you will have to enter your password for windows. You must have a login password for these batch jobs to run. If you do not have a password you will need to add one in user settings. Enter your password information and click next.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-8.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-8.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the final screen, put a checkmark the box that says \u201cOpen advanced properties for this task when I click Finish\u201d and then click finish<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-9.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-9.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we will see the advanced properties window.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-10.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-10.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now we have to add a few arguments to the command in the run line. Add the \u2013r \u2013f \u2013t 01 arguments to the line that exists in the run field. My line reads: \u201cC:\\SHUTDOWN.EXE \u2013r \u2013f \u2013t 01\u201d.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-11.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-11.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then click apply and the task will be scheduled. You can check later in the task scheduler to see if the task ran successfully.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-12.jpg\" title=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\"><img src=\"http:\/\/teamtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/schedule-windows-to-automatically-restart-12.jpg\" alt=\"Schedule Windows to Automatically Restart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to schedule a Windows 98\/2000\/XP\/2003 Computer to reboot. This tutorial will show you how to schedule your PC to reboot at a given time and date, using the utility provided. This tutorial will work with Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 98. 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