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Log off session after x time in Windows

I utilize the shutdown /s /t 10 command to turn-off my computer after a specific time interval. I know that I can employ shutdown /l to log off from my session. So I attempted using shutdown /l /t 10, ...
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How to shutdown/restart from the command line without elevation?

Has something changed in Server 2019? Under Server 2016 I was able to run this command in a non-elevated prompt: shutdown /r /t 0 In Server 2019, however, when I attempt to do so I get: Access is ...
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Is there some way that my PHP CLI scripts could possibly detect that the Windows machine is about to be rebooted/shut down?

I have an advanced, ever-running system of PHP CLI scripts running which do all kinds of work, and communicate with my local PostgreSQL database. Windows 10. I never use the start menu to shut down or ...
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How to auto shutdown my centOS7 desktop after downloading a file on chrome using command line command?

I would like to shutdown my CentOS7 desktop automatically after downloading a file(windows10 disc image) from chrome browser. I would like to use the command on command line. (Downloading windows10 ...
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Windows 10 command line "shutdown /l" not working

UPDATE: The problem below arose because I depended on the help information displayed when I entered shutdown /?. The command-line help says exactly, /l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d ...
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Modern Mac mini does not autoboot after "dirty" shutdown from command line

Cross-posted to Ask Different This 2018 Mac mini running Mojave is intended to run as a kiosk, but a daily sleep/wake cycle is proving problematic with some USB devices. My plan was to use the "...
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Using PowerShell via MMC to execute admin level CMD commands

I'm new to PowerShell. I want to do something like this on shutdown before turning off the computer. I plan to have Windows MMC/Local Group Policy Editor do it with a PowerShell script. cmd as admin ...
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WOL NIC active only when system is shutdown from CMD not from start -> shutdown

My desktop (MB: Asus Maximus Hero VIII) seems to wake on LAN fine when shutting down via CMD using shutdown /t 0 but fails to WOL when i shut down using the Start -> Power -> shutdown. The network ...
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Shutdown windows with graphical prompt for user

We manage about 60 distributes Windows 7 PCs using Powershell Remoting. After our work is done, we'd like the computers to shut down: Doing this is easy using the shutdown /s /t X command. But ...
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Completely turn off Windows 10 from login page

As of (I believe) Windows 8, when a user "turns off" the machine it actually goes into some kind of hibernation mode to facilitate a quick boot-up. The only way I've found to actually turn off a ...
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Turn off pc after tot. daily uptime

I need to turn off my system after it reach a certain amount of daily uptime. I was planning nof writing a batch or a simple program, schedule his boot only for a specific user, that checks the daily ...
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Check how long untill being logged off in win7 (from cmd)? [duplicate]

When I was young, I learned a quick way to set a timer to turn off my computer shutdown -f -s -t 3600 That would give me 1 hour until log off and shutdown. I remember in windows xp, there would be ...
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Shutdown from a bat file *without* close process confirmation in windows 95

Every single guide on the net says to use RUNDLL USER.EXE,ExitWindows which works... from the run command However, when run from a bat file, this command, although it works, requests confirmation to ...
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Command Prompt Shutdown Command

Setup I am running a Windows 7 PC and a Windows 7 Laptop both connected to a router forming a LAN. So, I want to remotely shutdown the laptop from the PC. I found out I could do this in command ...
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Preventing my pc from being shut down remotely

In my college, we use Microsoft Server 2008, and each student has their own account. In my class, students discovered that they can remotely shut down each other's PCs using cmd (the fact that we ...
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