Sleep Timer for PC for Windows 7?

MadInsane

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• Jul 23, 2014

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Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way (portable freeware app maybe) that sets up a sleep timer for your PC to go to sleep after 30 / 60 / 90 minutes?

I have dual monitors and sometimes fall asleep to movies, etc. so a sleep timer would be great. (You'd think this would be built into windows by now?)


Cheers

 

ATMINSIDE

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You can use the built in power option to set sleep after x time.

Alternatively, if you don't want it to happen every time:
Open Notepad and make a batch file with the following

Code:

shutdown.exe -s -t 3600

That'll cause sleep after 3600 seconds.
Just run the batch file to start the timer.

 

EarthDog

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• Jul 23, 2014

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Windows does this naturally if you have your sleep/hibernation on... it just needs to be in an idle state.

 

c627627

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It doesn't have a sleep option, but this software has a shut down option timer.
I've been using it for the past 10 years, there are probably better ones out there but anyway, it's freeware: http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_shutdown_counter_300.html

 

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MadInsane

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Thanks guys!! Any way to put it in "Sleep" mode? All the options i saw were "shutdown"

Also, I don't use hibernate due to having SSD, I disabled it to save 10gb of free space

 

mrsteve0924

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• Jul 23, 2014

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i used to use PSTools. same kind of functionality as the Shutdown command that ATMINSIDE referenced but has a sleep option.

i scheduled the batch file to run everyday at 2:00 am to put computer into sleep mode.

 

ATMINSIDE

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MadInsane said:

Thanks guys!! Any way to put it in "Sleep" mode? All the options i saw were "shutdown"

Also, I don't use hibernate due to having SSD, I disabled it to save 10gb of free space

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If you want it to do it every time the computer is idle after x time, go to Power Options, Change Plan Settings, and then set a sleep time.

If you want it every now and then, use the batch file I talked about above.