Shutdown!

[aintgottime]

How do I edit how long it takes my pc to shutdown?? I know you have to type something into RUN but i cant remember wat please could someone tell me. Thanx

[Xilo]

Here' is the quickest way to shutdown your computer. Actually two ways... First way, hold the big ass button on your cpu down for a few seconds. Wow that was fast, now for even faster. Pull the plug. Amazing, INSTANT shutdown :lol: Actually never heard of the RUN thing to shut it down faster. The more programs and stuff you have running, the longer it takes to shutdown the computer because it has to close and stop all that crap.

[aintgottime]

OK, well you can change the time it takes to close applications by going to run typing in something which brings up aload of stuff you can edit but I cant remember what I have to type in!

[Xilo]

regedit perhaps?

[aintgottime]

thank you thats it

[callum]

Wouldn't bother with regedit. Try xp-antispy .

[4play]

sounds like linux not windows to me.


halt -20

that will shut it down in 20 seconds time but i do not think there is a win version. :(

[Spindulik]

I have the opposite problem.

My computer starts into Windows less than 15 seconds, from the time I press the 'ON' button! i can run most programs immediately.

But one problem, a few programs won't start up right away, for some reason. This only happens on the initial startup. I have a feeling that it may be my capture card loading the Windows drivers, but not sure.

[ultimatejester]

i use a normal shutdown, can anybody tell me how 2 shutdown using run command

[4play]

you cant as far as i know ;)

it uses a reg key to shutdown your pc i used to know it off by heart because i deleted it off my pc for a laugh one day and shutdown no longer worked. :lol:

[nueromancer]

not to sound stupid, but you can adjust your shutdown features in CMOS I think :blink:

[I.am]

Originally posted by ultimatejester@17 June 2003 - 19:52
i use a normal shutdown, can anybody tell me how 2 shutdown using run command
You can make a shortcut for shutdown/restart on your desktop.

WindowsXP has a program called SHUTDOWN.EXE which allows you to easily create icons to shutdown or restart your computer.

To create a shutdown shortcut on the desktop:

Right click on an open area of the desktop
Select New / Shortcut
Enter in "shutdown -s -t 00" - no quotes
Press the Next button
For the name, enter in anything you like. Click on the Finish button.
For a reboot, enter "shutdown -r -t 00"

Syntax:
Shutdown [{-l|-s|-r|-a}] [-f] [-m [\\ComputerName]] [-t xx] [-c "message"] [-d[u][p]:xx:yy]


Parameters

-l - Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -m ComputerName takes precedence.
-s - Shuts down the local computer.
-r - Reboots after shutdown.
-a - Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and ComputerName. You can only use -a during the time-out period.
-f - Forces running applications to close.
-m [\\ComputerName] - Specifies the computer that you want to shut down.
-t xx - Sets the timer for system shutdown in xx seconds. The default is 20 seconds.
-c "message" - Specifies a message to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. You can use a maximum of 127 characters. You must enclose the message in quotation marks.

EDIT: Here is how you shutdown from run:
Run > shutdown -s -t 00
So basically type the commands i gave you above for a shortcut in run and it will shutdown. It works for restart as well as logoff as described above.


To specify timer for shutdown:
Run > shutdown -s -t 00
shutsdown in 00 seconds. As given in the parameter section you can increase the timer it takes to shutdown. Make a shortcut if you want to this instead of remembering the whole command. Although its pretty small.
Hope this helps.

I.am