Friday, 12 July 2013



Well, we know that this is the generation of fast actions, we love to perform our actions fast. What if we apply a trick to shut down our computer system automatically plus at a fast rate ? . Yes, you heard me right, we can make a shut down timer for our computer system which will come into action automatically and hence will save our little time but can be very handy.



Follow the instructions given below to make a timer :



  • In the Desktop, right click your mouse and then choose 'New' and click on 'Shortcut'
  • A window box will appear and the click on the text area of “Type the location of the ‘shortcut’ or ‘item: “.


Make Shut Down Timer For Your Computer System



  • Type this on the text area - “shutdown -s -t 3600″ (without quotes).
  • Then Click on 'Next'.

Note : 3600 mean 1 Hour (3600 seconds).
         The computer will shutdown after one hour. We can change the time according to our need.



  • Now save this shortcut with any name like "Shutdown Button".
  • Click 'Save' button to save the shortcut file on the desktop.
  • We can further change the icone of this file by right clicking on the file and then to choosing Properties.Then clicking 'change icon' => 'browse'.

That's it, we have made a timer to shut down our computer. To make the function into action just double click on the Shortcut file that we have made, the system will shutdown according to the time we have set.

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