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Setting time for automatic hibernation -- how?

R

RichardOnRails

Flightless Bird
Hi,

I forgot how to set time-limits for automatic shut-down or
hibernation. Hint, please :)

TIA,
Richard
 
N

Norvin

Flightless Bird
RichardOnRails wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I forgot how to set time-limits for automatic shut-down or
> hibernation. Hint, please :)
>
> TIA,
> Richard

desktop - properties
 
H

HeyBub

Flightless Bird
RichardOnRails wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I forgot how to set time-limits for automatic shut-down or
> hibernation. Hint, please :)
>


You can schedule the invocation of a bat file that includes:

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll SetSuspendState S4

Which will hibernate your system. We have our serve do this each midnight,
as well as other machines that the operator might forget to turn off.
 
J

Jose

Flightless Bird
On Jan 10, 7:03 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I forgot how to set time-limits  for automatic shut-down or
> hibernation.  Hint, please :)
>
> TIA,
> Richard


Take a look at the Power Options:

Start, Settings, Control Panel, Power Options

If that is not what you need, please clarify your objective.
 
R

RichardOnRails

Flightless Bird
On Jan 10, 7:03 pm, RichardOnRails
<RichardDummyMailbox58...@USComputerGurus.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I forgot how to set time-limits  for automatic shut-down or
> hibernation.  Hint, please :)
>
> TIA,
> Richard


Hi All,

Great responses! Thanks to you all:

Norvin: In detail (for my future recollection) this worked great:
Right-click the desktop
Click Properties
Click Screen Saver tab
Click Power button
Click System Hibernate drop-down list
Selected desired period

HeyBub: I'll use this solution in the future:
Schedule of a batch file containing the command:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll SetSuspendState S4

Jose: I checked my hibernation setting with:
Start, Control Panel, Power Options
("Settings" was not relevant on my WinXP Pro/SP3 system)

Again, many thanks for to you all.

Best wishes,
Richard
 
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