Automatic restart program for XP?

#1 khunt@clackamas.edu

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Posted 18 March 2004 - 06:10 AM

I would like to find a program that will automatically RESTART Windows XP Pro when the PC has been idle for a period (like 15 mintues or so) of time.
Let me know!
Many thanks
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#2 Silver-Dagger

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Posted 18 March 2004 - 10:57 AM

Here is a thought that might work. Get a DOS program that can reboot the machine in a DOS box. Next create a .bat file that runs this DOS reboot program with any command line options you need. Last change the .bat file extention to a .scr extention and set your screen saver to this new ".scr" file to run after 15 min of inactivity.
Remember that a screen saver is just an executible file.

#3 ross_aveling

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Posted 18 March 2004 - 03:10 PM

An ingenious use of a .scr file if there ever was one

XP comes with a command line based utility called SHUTDOWN.EXE which you should be able to use to restart the machine.

BTW - Why would you want to restart the machine after 15 minutes of inactivity?