A windows 7 Task that I created runs when I don't want it to.

[Park100]

I created a task in windows 7 to shutdown my PC a 1:00am every night. My kids leave the PC running all the time and never turn it off. I have a task set-up with a daily trigger at 1:00 am to run shutdown.exe. I have it set to run even if everyone is logged off. The task works flawlessly except when the PC has been turned off before 1 AM. Every once in a while my kids will shutdown the PC. If this is the case, the next time the PC is turned on might be at 3:30 pm when they get home from school. My kids state that when they get home from school and log into the PC, the PC shuts itself off. When I look a the task scheduler history the event data shows that the task to shutdown the PC successfully ran. My question is this: What is the best way to set-up the task so that the task will not run except for 1:00 am. It would be nice if task scheduler had a well defined black-out period so that a given task can't run except for a very narrow period of time. Thanks!

 

[DavidE]

On the Task / Settings tab is Run task as soon as possible after a scheduled start is missed checked ?
If it is, uncheck it and see if that helps.

 

[Park100]

Thanks for the suggest, but it did not work... There is something lacking in windows or I am missing something. It would be nice if there was a blackout time period where a task is blocked from running in a specified time period. If the PC is turned off manually it misses the 1am task to run shutdown.exe. The next afternoon when my boys turn the PC on, it runs the missed task then. It would be so nice if task scheduler had a setting where you could set: DISABLE TASK FROM RUNNING START TIME: 1:30AM - STOP TIME: 11:59 PM

 

[torchwood]

just use the power options settings then,
or have a read here
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...d.html&usg=AFQjCNFEhtGsEC_6YzfpWBCSbsvzFZhRqw

Roy

 

[Park100]

Thanks for the reply. One of my issues is that when my kids leave the computer they switch user and leave programs, videos, and website content running. In power options I have the PC set to sleep, but, many times the PC is still on in the morning because it never is idle. So I made the scheduled task to perform a forced shutdown at 1 am every night. The issue is when the PC is off at 1am and misses the schedule, it performs the shutdown after the next time the PC is booted back up. Again, I wish windows had a defined window of time where a task is blocked from running.

 

[DavidE]

You could do a search for windows task scheduler alternative to see if you can find a program that works better for you.
I've never used any of the programs available, so i don't know if any have the options you want.