how to schedule a shutdown?

[forever]

hey guys, im in need of a solution that would shutdown my pc at a time which im able to set, i mean like i let the pc running for downloads at night so prolly i want them to be turned off by like 5am so if there is any way to automate the process then please share with me, thanks in advance

[champ_rock]

try out this http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...ee&btnG=Search

many free versions available.. i have used some and they manage to do the work

[forever]

thing is ive tried two of them, and they are killing all the running applications immediately (maybe i must have messed with the registry but im not sure how to revert back) which may make me lose the downloaded data which would kill the purpose of letting the pc on, i had expected an elaborate answer not a mere google search, thanks anyway .

[khattam_]

Hey man, use a good download manager. Most of them have an option to shutdown after download completes.....

And dont be rude to champ_rock, Google searching helps...

How To Use the Remote Shutdown Tool to Shut Down and Restart a Computer in Windows 2000:
This is what I got from Google;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371

This also works in XP