computer shut down?

Question

how can i make my computer shut down by it's self with me doing anything besides pressing shut down on the start menu?

Answer 1

Fast Shutdown

1. Right-click the Desktop, point to New, and select "Shortcut" from the menu that appears.

2. In the "Command line:" text box, enter: "C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE User,ExitWindows" (without the quotes).

3. Click Next.

4. Enter a name for your shortcut.

5. Click Finish.

6. The shortcut will now be created.

Answer 2

If you mean you only have the computer set so it brings up "It's now safe to turn off your PC" when you click on shutdown, then I can offer you a fix.

If you go into control panel and power options there should be something that will enable it to shut down by itself. It's Advanced Power Management (APM) I think it's called. If you just tick the box and apply that should do the trick, providing your PC supports that option.

Answer 3

Press and hold the 'On' button on the PC for 5 seconds

Answer 4

xp sometimes upsets the shut down you will just have to live with it my pc is the same i shut down on the screen then have to hold the button in it was ok until xp went on and i have come across this on other pc

Answer 5

It should do that already, unless your computer is very old and using AT casket. Ofc there is the chance that something has broken up and thats why your comp isnt able to do it.

Answer 6

i had wondered the same thing
good thing i found out
you need to get an automation utility to shutdown your computer for you when you are not there
go here
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwshutdown.html
any one of those should work

Answer 7

you could also shutdown using the keyboard by pressing

ctrl+alt+delete

followed by

alt+s

this has gotten me out of a few crashes/problems