Stopping Windows Auto Shutdown

From TheBestCaseScenario

[edit] Intro

Ever notice a pop-up telling you that your system will restart or shutdown in a given amount of time? Well, there's an easy way to stop it.

[edit] What you will need

• Windows 2000 or above

[edit] What To Do

Open a run dialog box and enter

SHUTDOWN -A

This will cancel the shutdown procedure, and is very useful if you have contracted the Blaster worm.

[edit] Shutdown options

There are other use's for the shutdown service, these are:

logoff_option:

• /i Display the GUI (must be the first option)
• /l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d option
• /s Shutdown
• /r Shutdown and Restart
• /a Abort a system shutdown. (only during the time-out period)
• /p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning (only with /d)
• /h Hibernate the local computer (only with /f )
• /e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer
• /t: Time until system shutdown in seconds. [default=30]
• /f Force running applications to close. This will not prompt for File-Save in any open applications. So will result in a loss of all unsaved data!!!

[edit] Desktop link

If you wish to shutdown your system with an icon then create a shortcut linked to:

• shutdown -s -t 01

Also you can edit the options fo the shortcut so you can link it to a set of key press's IE CTRL+ALT+S to shutdown with a shortcut key.