Subject:  Scheduling Windows XP to Restart Automatically 
Author:   Pamela Y. C. Fong
Date:     Tue Aug 12 21:40:37 PDT 2003
Experts:  Carlos I. Fonck


Here is a procedure for scheduling your Windows XP PC to
automatically restart.  Many other Windows tasks can be scheduled
in the same way.


0.  Logon to Windows XP with an account having Administrative rights.

1.  Open Start|Control Panel|Scheduled Tasks.

    Note:  If Scheduled Tasks is not visible in the Control Panel,
           click the link to Switch to Classic View.

2.  Double-click Add Scheduled Task.  Click Next to continue.

3.  Under Click the program you want Windows to run, click Browse.

4.  In the Select Program to Schedule dialog box, navigate to

      C:\Windows\System32 

    and click on the file, shutdown.exe, then click the button, Open.

5.  Schedule the frequency of the scheduled task. 

      Perform this task
        Daily
        Weekly
        Monthly
        One time only
        When my computer starts
        When I log on

    Click Next to continue.

6.  Configure

      Start time:
      Start date:

    Click Next to continue.

7.  Designate the username and password the task should run as 

      Enter the user name:  (default)
      Enter the password:  (your password)
      Confirm password:  (your password)

8.  Click the box to select "Open advanced properties for this task
    when I click Finish".  Then click Finish.

9.  Click the Task tab.

10.  In the Run box, specify the additional parameter for invoking
     shutdown.exe to be run in Restart mode.  To do this modify the
     Run line to be,

       C:\Windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r

     Then click OK

11.  You may need to reenter the username and password as in the
     previous Step 7.  Then click OK.


To edit the task at a later date, return to the Scheduled Task Control
Panel, and double-click on the task.  To delete the task, right-click
on the task, and select Delete.


References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308569
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308671
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310424

---Pam