Hi I need a way of shutting down my computer say a few hours after i set it like a sleep function, i guess i could use a delay string on tsshutdn.exe but that wouldnt close down windows as I would have AOL running and like outlook it wont let u close down the PC until it has been closed down.

Anyone know how to do this? or at least what I'm talking about!

You could use the shutdown command. Open a command box and type:
Shutdown -f -s -t xxx (where xxx is the number of seconds to wait before shutting down)

example:

Shutdown -f -s -t 7200 (would shut down the system after 2 hours)

Type Shutdown by itself to see the rest of the command line switches.

I dont think that would work as it wouldnt shut down aol, i guess its the same as pressing the power button this doesnt work when aol or outlook are running d/loading a little app that reckons it can close programs before shutting down i'll see if thats as good as it claims

You didn't even bother to try it....The -f switch closes all running apps before shutting the system down.

You didn't even bother to explain, so now you have I will try it, thankyou.

It wasn't that I couldn't be bothered to try it :) I wasn't able to turn it off until later, it did shut down aol but it didnt power down I was left with the "it's now safe to turn off your computer" screen, which in my situation is no better than the PC still being on unfortunately.

Theres a program called StopIt which works nicely and closes Outlook too.

Just found this :

"right click on My computer, select Properties, select Hardware, select Device Manager, From view menu select "Show Hidden Devices"

If available on your comp, there should be a plus sign next to NT/APM Legacy support, click on this and make sure there isn't a red cross on NT APM/Legacy Interface Node"

This "should" then power off your comp when shutting down.