Those people who do not have much free time in the day or who are coming and going from one place to another, will probably need to have some support in terms of the use of their computer .

How to Schedule Automatic Power On and Off in Windows 10

Although it is clear that there are many interesting tutorials to carry out in the Windows 10 operating systems , such as to activate the Cortana voice assistant , this time we want to stop at another step by step.

This procedure will be especially useful for those people who at some point have had to ask a friend, family member or partner to turn on their computer before they get home so that they can use it immediately, or turn it off so that it does not consume energy.

Well, if you have found yourself in that situation at some point, you should know that luckily there are solutions, some of which are provided by Microsoft itself, and others that we can take advantage of thanks to third-party development.

Thanks to technology, we can save a lot of time, since lately devices are so smart that they understand what we want to do or ask for, by saying voice commands, for example.

There are even ways to program them so that they can wake us up, turn off, turn on. remind us of something, etc. and we can manage all these functions ourselves, deciding when we want to listen to them or execute them.

All you are going to need to develop this tutorial that we are going to show you below is that your computer has the Windows 10 operating system, and just five minutes free, since everything else is on us.

Index( )

1. How can I automate the Power On or Shutdown of a Windows 10 PC
2. What are the programs that I can use to Automate the Power On of the PC
3. What should I do to schedule automatic shutdown in Windows 8 step by step
4. How can I schedule automatic shutdown in Windows Vista and Windows 7 step by step

How can I automate the Power On or Shutdown of a Windows 10 PC

First of all, we want to show you how it is possible to program the shutdown of the computer so that it automatically turns off only every day at a certain time. This can be done through Windows with this step by step:

• Enter the Windows 10 Task Scheduler
• Once you are inside it, go to the Create basic task option
• Give the task a name so as not to get confused, and add a description if you wish
• Then you have to add the frequency with which this task should be performed, for example daily
• You also have to indicate a date and time when the task is performed
• The next thing is to explain the task itself
• We are going to indicate that at the time we want to turn off the computer, the program shutdown.exe is executed
• When you have done it, click Finish so that the task has been created

When you finish the previous steps, you will have already established a time in which your PC should turn off, but we recommend that you check if everything has indeed gone well by following this step by step:

• Look for the list of tasks in the central panel
• Double click to view its Properties
• Go to Conditions
• Check the box Start the task only if the computer is inactive during the minutes that we want to set

This way, not only will you have made sure that the action was registered, but you will also be able to use your computer in peace, because if you are doing something else it will not turn off when the time comes to perform this task .

To program the ignition of our computer, things get a bit complicated, although we still have the possibility of doing it from the computer’s BIOS, something that we are going to show you below:

• What you have to do first of all is restart the computer
• When it is in the middle of the process to start, you must enter the BIOS of your system by pressing keys such as F2, F8, F10, Del or the corresponding one, which may be different depending on the manufacturer. You should check the one that corresponds to your team before performing the previous step
• Once you are inside the BIOS, you should look for a function called Resume on alarm, Power on on RTC alarm or similar
• Within the Power Management Settings options
• Here you can indicate a time when you want the computer to turn on every day
• When you’ve set it up, save the changes and you’re done

As you can see, it is a fairly simple procedure within everything , and it will not cost you too much to carry it out, since it has easy and quick steps to follow.

What are the programs that I can use to Automate the Power On of the PC

On the other hand, if you don’t want to be making changes to the BIOS of your computer, you should know that we also have the possibility of making use of some tools developed by third parties, such as WakeupOnStandBy .

Once you have downloaded WakeupOnStandBy , all you have to do is look for the Specify time to wake up computer option , which will allow you to set a time when you want your computer to turn on.

Likewise, you have the possibility of deciding that this turn-on time be established only for the next day, or if the computer should turn on at that time every day, for example when you get up to work.

As you can see, the tricks that we have taught you, such as recording the screen in Windows 10 or automating the turning on or off of a computer with this operating system, is something really simple, and above all very , very useful .

Automatic shutdown is one of the functions that the people at Microsoft decided to add to the latest versions of their Windows operating system, and thanks to this we have the possibility of establishing a shutdown period for our computer that prevents it from continuing to consume energy when We did not use it. Of course, not everyone knows how to set this action, and that is why we are going to talk about it.

What should I do to schedule automatic shutdown in Windows 8 step by step

We will then begin by talking about the latest version of Windows, Windows 8 , since the mechanism to establish automatic shutdown in them is the same, so let’s go with the steps to follow:

• First of all click on the Windows key, and in the new window type Run and press Enter
• That will allow you to enter the Run menuand once in it you must type Shutdown -st, followed by the number of seconds you want to delay the shutdown of the computer. To give you an example, if you want it to shutdown in half an hour, you should type Shutdown -st 1800. There’s not much mystery about it, since you only have to determine the number of seconds about it.
• In the meantime, if you want to cancel the automatic shutdown at some point, just type Shutdown -a in the Run window.

How can I schedule automatic shutdown in Windows Vista and Windows 7 step by step

On the other hand, the mechanism to schedule automatic shutdown in Windows Vista and Windows 7 is different, specifically the following:

• Click on the Windows Start menu, and in the  Search programs and files box type Run
• The Run window will open, and there you have to type the command Shutdown -st, again followed by the number of seconds you want the computer to shutdown, in exactly the same way as in the previous tutorial
• The following indications are exactly the same as in Windows 8

As you can see, programming the automatic shutdown of a computer with the Windows operating system can be done perfectly even if we do not have third-party programs , since the people at Microsoft allow us to execute this action on our own.

In the same way, it can be very useful when you don’t have anyone at home to help you , or when you are one of those forgetful people who do not remember to turn off the computer and leave it consuming energy.

So now that you know how to program this useful tool, we are sure that you will be able to do your daily activities more easily without having to worry about turning your computer on or off .

If you already know that at some point of the day you are going to leave and you do not want the computer to continue consuming energy, this is an excellent solution, and best of all, following the steps above, you do not even need to be a computer expert to take advantage of this feature.

Have you been able to program your computer to turn on or off with this step-by-step that we have taught you?