August 06, 2007

Auto Shutdown Trick (Win XP)


Do you want to make a trick on your friend's computer and shutdown it automatically after specific time which define by you? Well, you can do it. It is quite easy to fool your friend.

Just find "Startup" folder under following location or go to start-->Search and find "startup" folder.

"C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"

Then make a right click in "Startup" folder and create a shortcut. Then type "shutdown -s -t 100" (where 100=seconds) without quotation marks in 'Type the location of item' field. Then click on Next and save it with the name "shutdown.exe". Then hit a right click on it and make it Hidden through General tab.

Now think scenario, when your friend will restart/logon his/her computer next time, it will display shutdown alert and will shutdown after 100 seconds which you defined above. And yes, it will remain shutdown every time after 100 seconds of his/her system will start until above "shutdown.exe" stays there in "Startup" folder. I am sure, it will shock your friend. He/she won't know what to do.

Well, only you can cure it by new shortcut. Restart your friend's computer and make second shortcut key anywhere and type "shutdown -a" without quotation marks and save it "shutdown.exe(2)". Now just double click on this second shortcut and run it. It will kill previous "shutdown.exe". Now go to "Startup" folder and delete "Shutdown.exe".

Note: As described above you can make Logoff and Restart shortcut too. For Logoff simply use "shutdown -l" instead of "shutdown -s" and for Restart just use "shutdown -r" instead of "shutdown -s".

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