Automatic Shutdown after Windows 7 Backup

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  1. Posts : 2
    Win 7 RC
       #1

    Automatic Shutdown after Windows 7 Backup


    Does anyone know if it's possible to automatically shutdown after a Win7 Backup has run?

    Thanks.
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  2. Posts : 285
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #2

    JeremyCade said:
    Does anyone know if it's possible to automatically shutdown after a Win7 Backup has run?

    Thanks.
    Dear JeremyCade,

    I asked this question for you in Microsoft's forum, below is the answer.
    Is it possible to start a backup using the CMD prompt?

    Hope this answer will make things clear.

    Have a nice day!

    zx81
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  3. Posts : 2
    Win 7 RC
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi All,

    What I've ended up doing is setting a task to watch for the backup complete event in the Application log.

    Steps to replicate this if anyone is interested are:


    1. Open Task Scheduler
    2. Create a new basic task
    3. Enter a description for the task
    4. On the trigger screen select "When a specific event is logged"
    5. Select the Application from the log drop down menu.
    6. Select Backup from the source drop down menu.
    7. Enter 4098 as the event ID..
    8. On the action screen select "Start a program"
    9. Enter "Shutdown" into the Program/Script text box.
    10. Enter "/s" into the Arguments box.
    11. Click next & Finish.
    12. Run a backup to confirm the task is working.
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  4. Posts : 285
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #4

    JermyCade,

    Very clever solution to this problem.
    Very good solution.

    Have a nice day.

    zx81
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  5. Posts : 13
    Win 7 Home Premium 64bit / Win XP Pro 32bit
       #5

    this is very frustrating - it shouldn't be necessary to use complex workarounds for something basic like this!

    Many of the most basic freeware programs include a function to shut down after completing their process, so why doesn't Win 7 give the option to shut down after back up???

    Bewildering. The sleep function in W7 is also useless since it just ignores any running programs and puts the computer to sleep on schedule, interrupting ongoing backups, movie encodes, etc.
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  6. Posts : 1,309
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #6

    Task Scheduler


    task scheduler is much improved
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  7. Posts : 1,309
    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit
       #7

    Other Applications


    Mandrake5 said:
    this is very frustrating - it shouldn't be necessary to use complex workarounds for something basic like this!

    Many of the most basic freeware programs include a function to shut down after completing their process, so why doesn't Win 7 give the option to shut down after back up???

    Bewildering. The sleep function in W7 is also useless since it just ignores any running programs and puts the computer to sleep on schedule, interrupting ongoing backups, movie encodes, etc.
    this is why there is so many other applications used with Windows I don't care what Windows backup will or will not do I use Comodo Backup V1.04 have for a long time and it does everything I need.

    I do agree though MS should try a little harder to include great basic features like this but even if they did some people like myself would still use other software
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  8. Posts : 11
    win xp, win 7
       #8

    JeremyCade said:
    Hi All,

    What I've ended up doing is setting a task to watch for the backup complete event in the Application log.

    Steps to replicate this if anyone is interested are:


    1. Open Task Scheduler
    2. Create a new basic task
    3. Enter a description for the task
    4. On the trigger screen select "When a specific event is logged"
    5. Select the Application from the log drop down menu.
    6. Select Backup from the source drop down menu.
    7. Enter 4098 as the event ID..
    8. On the action screen select "Start a program"
    9. Enter "Shutdown" into the Program/Script text box.
    10. Enter "/s" into the Arguments box.
    11. Click next & Finish.
    12. Run a backup to confirm the task is working.
    Is this working for others?

    For me, it didn't. Set it up as directed, then ran a backup and went to bed last night. This morning the computer is still on. I have Win7 Pro 32.

    Is there a log file I might look at to troubleshoot the lack of shutdown?
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  9. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Professional
       #9

    It's different for Professional and Ultimate


    It took me a few days to figure this out. The Professional and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 use a different backup utility than the Home versions and Vista use. The new backup utility throws a different code on completion.

    If you have Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate replace the 4098 in the previous post with 14 and it should work.
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  10. Posts : 1
    XPSP3 Tablet + Win7
       #10

    Just another person annyoed with it


    Hello,
    I would also wish, this would be included into the BackUp window. Is SevenForums communicating with them regarding most wished features? This would be a simple and good one.

    They seem to work on the BackUp because I had an error message in the past, which does no longer appear. So let's hope.

    Thanks
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