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Schedule a shutdown using Microsoft shutdown.exe

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by gridley

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I have been trying to add a scheduled task that will shutdown my computer at a specific time. I have followed directions for setting up this task and as I get to the end of the setup, I get the message - "You do not have permission to perform the requested operation." My name is listed as computer administrator, so what am I missing here?

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by robo_dev

look for "shut down the system" in group policy

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Poweroff at Shutdown
If your computer does not turn off the power when doing a shutdown,
you may need to edit the registry. If you have all the correct BIOS and Power settings you might still need to do this.
1.Start Regedit
2.Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop
3.Edit the key PowerOffActive and give it a value of 1
4.You can do the same in HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
Download reg file

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

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