in a case you want to restart a windows server at a certain time, you can use shutdown command plus Scheduled Tasks. Here are step by step:
1. Create a batch file called downtime.bat using notepad.
2. Add this line in the batch: shutdown -r -f -t 30 (note: -r = Shutdown and restart the computer, -f = Forces running applications to close without warning, -t 30 = Set timeout for shutdown to 30 seconds) and save the downtime.bat at C drive.
3. Open Scheduled Tasks by going to Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools.
4. Click Add Scheduled Tasks.
5. Browse the downtime.bat from C drive.
6. Follow the screen to setup the day and time.
7. Assign a user who has administrator rights and finish the settings.
Note: the shutdown options may different deepening on eth version of the shutdown command.
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