khunt@clackamas.edu 0 Posted March 18, 2004 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 :-) Share this post Link to post
Silver-Dagger 0 Posted March 18, 2004 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. Share this post Link to post
ross_aveling 0 Posted March 18, 2004 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? Share this post Link to post
Silver-Dagger 0 Posted March 18, 2004 Yep, I work for University of Missouri and we are having buget problems so I am having to find all kinds of free ways to do things. ;( Share this post Link to post
