Regardless of all precautions you may take, there is
still nothing better than a clean reboot of the computer
at least once per day. Use Task Scheduler to schedule
the computer to shut down and restart at a specific
time. To do so, follow these steps:
- Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click
Scheduled Tasks.
- Double-click Add Scheduled Task. The Scheduled Task
Wizard starts.
- Click Next.
- Under Click the program you want Windows to run,
click Browse.
- In the Select Program to Schedule dialog box, locate
the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder, locate and click the
Shutdown.exe file, and then click Open.
- Under Perform this task, specify a name for the task
and how frequently you want this task to run, and then
click Next. [hint: scheduling the shutdown during an
off-peak time like 4am is probably a good idea]
- Under Select the time and day you want this task to
start, specify a start time and date for the task, and
then click Next.
- Type the user name and password to run this task
under, and then click Next.
- Click to select the Open advanced properties for
this task when I click Finish check box, and then click
Finish.
- Click the Task tab.
- In the Run box, specify any additional parameters
that you want to use with Shutdown.exe.
- Click OK.
If you would like the computer to reboot more often,
just add another task by repeating the above steps. |
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