How to Shut Down Your PC Automatically  Combine a shortcut to
Shutdown.exe with the Windows Task Scheduler, and you'll never
have to worry about forgetting to shut down your work PC at the
end of the day.  It's very simple to make a convenient shortcut
to shut down your PC, rather than having to press Start | Shut
down, and depending on your version of Windows, Shut down again.
But consider this: If you combine such a shortcut with the
Windows Task Scheduler, you'll never have to worry about
forgetting to shut down your work PC at the end of the day. This
should be especially welcome news to IT staff managing an office
full of PCs that may be wasting big bucks, not to mention the
equivalent of millions of tons of carbon dioxide by sitting at
the ready all night while the office is closed.  I'll walk you
through Windows XP's Task Scheduler first. To get started, open
Scheduled Tasks from the Control Panel, then double-click on Add
Scheduled Task. Using the Scheduled Task Wizard, pass over the
list of applicati