How to schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003

[Mark S]

July 19, 2006.
Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need the
Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?

Thank you, Mark
e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com

[Marcelo Fusaro]

"Mark S" wrote:

> July 19, 2006.
> Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need the
> Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?
>
> Thank you, Mark
> e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com

[Miha Pihler [MVP]]

Hi Mark,

There is a command line tool that comes with Windows Server 2003 -- so you
don't need any 3rd party or resource kit tools.

You can simply put something like this into batch file:

shutdown -r -t 60

-r is for reboot
-t is in how many seconds (60 seconds)

Name the batch file something like "reboot.bat". Now set up schedule just
like you would for any other task and call that batch file at convenient
time.

Test this command to see if it works on your system or does it require
anything else (e.g. reason code for reboot).

You can cancel reboot if you enter command shutdown -a.

For more information you can use shutdown /?

Question from me. Why do you feel you need to schedule a reboot of your
server?

I hope it helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"Mark S" <MarkS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> July 19, 2006.
> Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need
> the
> Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?
>
> Thank you, Mark
> e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com

[Juan Perez]

Hi:

Should be not dificult.You just need to add a scheduled task with the
command shutdown.exe -r. You select the time when you want the reset. If you
ahve problems let me know.

--
Un saludo
Juan Perez


"Mark S" <MarkS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> July 19, 2006.
> Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need
> the
> Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?
>
> Thank you, Mark
> e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com

[Marcelo Fusaro]

In the "WINDOWS\System32" folder there should be a file called shutdown.exe.
The command to restart is shutdown /r.

See you

Marcelo

"Mark S" wrote:

> July 19, 2006.
> Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need the
> Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?
>
> Thank you, Mark
> e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com

[matt77]

Hi,

I have the same need as well. To answer your question of why I would want to schedule a restart.......

I need to schedule a restart in order to finalize Windows updates after all users have disconnected from the server and all backups have completed. This will be useful in getting the updates completed without inconveniencing the network users by waiting for a reboot during server access hours.

Thanks,

Matt

Hi Mark,

There is a command line tool that comes with Windows Server 2003 -- so you
don't need any 3rd party or resource kit tools.

You can simply put something like this into batch file:

shutdown -r -t 60

-r is for reboot
-t is in how many seconds (60 seconds)

Name the batch file something like "reboot.bat". Now set up schedule just
like you would for any other task and call that batch file at convenient
time.

Test this command to see if it works on your system or does it require
anything else (e.g. reason code for reboot).

You can cancel reboot if you enter command shutdown -a.

For more information you can use shutdown /?

Question from me. Why do you feel you need to schedule a reboot of your
server?

I hope it helps,

--
Mike
Microsoft MVP - Windows Security

"Mark S" <MarkS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DADBD403-0D1A-4A02-BC16-68FCAD799769@microsoft.com...
> July 19, 2006.
> Greetings: How can I schedule a reboot in Windows Server 2003? Do I need
> the
> Microsoft resource kit or a third-party application?
>
> Thank you, Mark
> e-mail: runbeagle@yahoo.com