How to Schedule a Shutdown in Windows

You can schedule a shutdown in Windows. We will see how to plan a shutdown in your windows computer. It works for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. To arrange or organize an automatic shutdown in your Windows computer, we use a run command. Once you set up a shutdown, when the specified time period is elapsed, you computer will shut down. Follow the given instructions to schedule an auto shutdown.

1. Open Run dialog box from start menu (or by pressing Windows key + R).
2. type shutdown /s /t sec in it.
   Here sec is the amount of time in seconds to be elapsed before shut down.
3. Press Enter or click OK.
4. You will be notified that a shutdown is scheduled.
5. It is done.

An example is:

shutdown /s /t 600

Here after 600 seconds (10 minutes), the computer will turn off. The following video will show you.

How to Disable AutoRun or AutoPlay in Windows Operating Systems

Here i am writing about the methods to disable AutoRun feature in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. To know more about AutoRun, See this post: What is AutoRun or AutoPlay and How to Set it?. If you want to make an AutoRun CD or Pen Drive yourself, just visit this page: How to Make a AutoRun CD or DVD Using Autorun.inf. To disable Autotrun or Autoplay features, there are multiple methods. Methods may also be different for different versions of Windows operating system.

Disable AutoPlay on Windows 8 or 8.1

• Open Start Menu
• Goto PC Settings (gear icon).
• got PC and Devices
• Select AutoPlay
• Click on the ON or Off Toggle button to turn it off.