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Marius
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      11-07-2007
I've been trying to figure out some way of making my computer turn off in ex.
30min after I tell it to. I used to use the shutdown -s- t 1800, but as Vista
seem to be limited to 600s or 10min that isn't possible.
Is there any way to bypass this or some other method of making this work?

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      11-08-2007
Try this out. It is a free download..

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/...Shutdown.shtml

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> I've been trying to figure out some way of making my computer turn off in
> ex.
> 30min after I tell it to. I used to use the shutdown -s- t 1800, but as
> Vista
> seem to be limited to 600s or 10min that isn't possible.
> Is there any way to bypass this or some other method of making this work?
>
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> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
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> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com....vista.general


 
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