Free Restart Application
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st Nov 2007 20:12    Post subject: Free Restart Application
Does anyone know of a free restart application I can use to test a startup issue?

Basically Im looking for an app that will run when Windows boots up and then after a very short period of time, restart the machine and do this continously until it is disabled.

I have found one called ShutDownOne and after trying this, I can say it would do the job nicely. It works by idle time so if there is no keyboard or mouse use after a set number of minutes, the machine restarts. However ShutDownOne is not free and once the machine has restarted, the trial window pops up which prevents the continuous auto restart. Then I have to click the Try button before it will restart automatically again. Obviously this is no good since it needs to be unattended and continuously restarting.

I have tried a couple of others but they just restart the machine at a set time and obviously there is no cycle afterwards. It would also need to be Vista compatible.

Any help, ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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PostPosted: Thu, 1st Nov 2007 21:12    Post subject:
try here http://www.programurl.com/software/restart.htm
Timed Shutdown - looks good

anyway still the same Vista machine ?
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PostPosted: Thu, 1st Nov 2007 22:22    Post subject:
BlueSkyz wrote:
try here http://www.programurl.com/software/restart.htm
Timed Shutdown - looks good

anyway still the same Vista machine ?


Thanks man and yeah lol. See the original thread for an update on that. Dont want to go offtopic in here lol.


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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 10:39    Post subject:
Put a shortcut to
c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -r -t 120
in the startup folder in the start menu.

It reboots the system after 120 seconds, in those 120 seconds you can run shutdown -a to abort the reboot, or hold shift when logging in and starting windows.
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PostPosted: Fri, 2nd Nov 2007 11:03    Post subject:
Wow nice one! Ill try that! And I dont even need a 3rd party app! Cheers Rinze.

Update:

Works an absolute treat! I searched for hours yesterday for something that would do this lol.


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