{"id":47175,"date":"2014-01-20T17:45:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=47175"},"modified":"2014-01-20T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T17:50:06","slug":"shut-boot-pc-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/shut-boot-pc-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"Shut Down and Boot Your PC Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>Shut Down and Boot Your PC Automatically<\/h3>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">How to automatically shut down your PC and restart it each day.&#8211;PC Pitstop.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<p>By Dave for PCTechBytes.com<\/p>\n<p>To shut down or not to shut down, that is the question. Since the birth of personal computing, users have been debating whether or not it is necessary to shut down your computer every night. Some complain it takes too long to boot their computers in the morning so they simply leave it on all of the time. Preferable, it\u2019s best to restart a PC everyday. Below, we\u2019ll show you how to automatically shut down and restart the computer each morning so you can get the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How To Automatically Shut down Windows Every Night<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To automatically turn off your computer every night you will need to use Task Scheduler. To Access Task Scheduler in Windows, navigate to the Control Panel and then click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Task Scheduler to launch the utility.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down1.jpg\" alt=\"shut_down1\" width=\"595\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down1.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down1-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the right-hand section under Actions, click \u201cCreate Basic Task . . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down2.jpg\" alt=\"shut_down2\" width=\"595\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down2-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>In the Create Basic Task Wizard, name and describe the task you are creating. In this example, we just named it \u201cShut Down Computer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down_3.jpg\" alt=\"shut_down_3\" width=\"595\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-47178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down_3.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/shut_down_3-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><BR CLEAR=LEFT><\/p>\n<p>On the \u201cStart a Program\u201d section, type C:\\Windows\\System32\\shutdown.exe in the \u201cProgram\/script\u201d text area. In the Add arguments section, type \/s and then click Next.<\/p>\n<p>On the next screen confirm all of your settings and then click Finish to set the scheduled task to shut down your computer at the same time every night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctechbytes.com\/tips\/shut-boot-computer-automatically\/\" target=\"_blank\">How To Automatically Boot Your Computer Everyday&#8211;Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This post is excerpted with the permission of PCTechBytes.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/shutdownwin8.jpg\" alt=\"shutdownwin8\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-39057\" \/><\/p>\n<p>How to automatically shut down your PC and restart it each 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