How to make the computer run automatically for 2 hours every day, and then turn it off automatically, and cycle like this every day? (that is to say, power on and power off regularly every day),

the motherboard is the key to support auto-boot.

different motherboards will have different settings, but they are all similar. There are three common brands of CMOS：Awards/AMI/Phoenix. Please check how to set them according to the corresponding brands.

AMI COMS settings

Press the DEL key to enter the BIOS； when booting; Select Power Management Features；;

select Set Wake Up Events；;

set Resume By Alarm to Enabled, The following BIOS the specific time to set the scheduled startup:

Alarm Date: 1-31 (specific date) or Every Day (daily)

Alarm Hour: -23(: to 23: )

Alarm Minute: -59(: 59)

alarm second: .

AWARD COMS settings

press the DEL key to enter the BIOS； when booting; Select Power Management Setup；;

select PM Wake Up Events；;

set the options in the Resume By Alarm:

set the Month Alarm to na; Note: it means that it is automatically turned on EVERY DAY；, and some motherboards are Everyday;

set the Day of Month Alarm to ; Note: it also means ignoring the date and starting the machine regularly every day;

set Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm to a specific time; Note: For example, at 6:3:, the computer will automatically turn on at 6:3 every morning.

after saving the settings, exit the BIOS setting interface, and it will take effect to turn it off again after entering the operating system.

edit the automatic shutdown method 1 in this paragraph

realization of scheduled shutdown: click the start button, select the program option in the start menu, select the attachment in the program, then select the system tool in the attachment, and select the "schedule task" command in the system tool, and then it will be opened. Click "Next" according to the prompt, then click the "Browse" button to open "C: \ Windows \ System32 \ Rundll32.Exe", and then set the task execution method according to your own needs, such as daily or weekly. Finally, set the start time and date of this task, and click the "Finish" button, and the planned task name "Rundll32" will appear in the planned task window.

this scheduled task also needs to modify and set the properties. in the scheduled task window, double-click "Rundll32" to open the properties window, and modify the original contents in the "Run" column to: c: \ Windows \ rundll32.exeuser.exe, exit Windows. Note that the ","between user.exe and exitwindows must be English half-width, and there cannot be "spaces" before and after it. In this way, the automatic shutdown is completed!

Method 2

Step 1:

Double-click to add a task plan in the "Task Plan" window. Next, click Browse, find the Shutdown.exe program in the C:\windows\system32 "directory in the window where the program is selected for planning, and click the Open button.

Step 2:

Set the time for executing this task to" Every day. Set the start time to "23:" and click Next, enter the user name and password as required. When clicking Finish, open the advanced properties of this task plan, and click Finish Step 3:

Click "Task" in the Shutdown window that pops up, and then enter "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ Shutdown.exe -S -T 6 "(where-S means to turn off the computer,-T 6 means to turn off the computer automatically after 6 seconds, and the shutdown time can be set according to your own needs) Click Apply, re-enter the user password, and finally click OK!

(If you want to cancel automatic shutdown, just enter the "Shutdown -a" command during operation.

Method 3

To realize automatic shutdown in XP system, you can use the shutdown command, for example:

If you want to automatically shut down the computer after 1 hour, you can use this command to solve the problem:

Shutdown–

the above method can realize automatic on-off for general use!

other methods

some software can also realize automatic shutdown, such as: thunder, PPTV, power-off king

1. Power-off king can turn off the computer regularly, and you can set the time of day to turn off the computer and open the program regularly. You can set the server to restart every other date.

second, the power-off king can log off, shut down, remind and disconnect the network when the computer is out of operation for a period of time.

Third, the computer can be set to schedule tasks: open software or programs at a certain time in a day, automatically shut down and restart the computer at a certain time, and the computer or server can automatically finish the work unattended.

fourth, advanced option of turning off the computer: it can restrict children and employees from computer operation for a certain period of time, such as being unable to open a certain software or program, opening webpage settings, being unable to surf the Internet and other functions.