Windows 10: Windows 10 Shutdown Script through Scheduled task for specific time

Hey all,

I have been working on trying to shutdown about 21 lab computers everyday at 11pm through scheduled task with a shutdown script which is as simple as:

REM Shutdown computers at 11;%windir%\system32\shutdown.exe /s /f /t 0 /c "Computer shutting down"

The computers did not shutdown when I tested it for 11.30am.
A few things:

-any parameters that need to be defined for the task to run without interruption from user/system profiles? I have enabled run with highest privileges on domain administrator profile.
-would this be affected if active hours are defined within the system?
-best way to perform this process without any hassle?

Thanks
S

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Task Scheduler - Shutdown and stay off during certain hours

I understand how to use Task Scheduler in Windows 10 to shutdown the PC at a certain time. I would like to keep the PC off during certain hours (overnight) - to 'encourage' my son to sleep. It seems like Task Scheduler will only shutdown the PC at, say
11:00pm, but can't repeat the shutdown if the PC is simply turned on again at 11:05pm.

Is there a way (script?) to have the PC continually check the real time clock and force a shutdown anytime the OS recognizes that time is within a certain
range?

I'm pretty rusty at script coding, so examples would be helpful and greatly appreciated!

 

How create a AD GPO Scheduled Task on Windows 10

Hi,

I'm trying to make a Scheduled Task using AD GPO for Windows 10. I've tried many times and the task will not appear.

The task if to do a test using a kix script and shutdown the PC at the end of the working day between 5pm and 9pm if no one is logged in and after 10pm shutdown regardless.

Is using GPO to make a task basically deprecated in Windows 10? If so, what alternatives are there? Can SCCM do this sort of thing? We use SCCM (Current Branch) but not got it to do shutdown clients reliably, but we were just guessing, any guides on this
would be helpful if GPO based Scheduled Tasks are deprecated.

Thanks,

Steven

 

Hey,

Any update on this? *Rolleyes

 

What security software do you run? It might be blocking it, also this might help:
Code: reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "AutoEndTasks" /t REG_SZ /d "1" /f reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "HungAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "25000" /f reg add "HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop" /v "WaitToKillAppTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "25000" /f reg add "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control" /v "WaitToKillServiceTimeout" /t REG_SZ /d "25000" /f[/quote]
I have just tested it and it works fine.

 

First, if you are running a script with domain admin or SYSTEM privileges, please ensure the script is in a place that cannot be accessed by anyone except trusted users.

Second, I would suggest using PowerShell for this instead of a bat file.

Task settings:

Run whether user is logged on or not

Triggers:

Daily, at 11pm

Actions: Start a program
Details:

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass <drive>:\path\to\myscript.ps1

(again please make sure this is in a location that normal users do not have permission access - we don't want them being able to run arbitrary code SYSTEM or a domain admin)

Now in myscript.ps1 simply type:

Code: Stop-Computer -Force[/quote]