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Is there a way to schedule Windows to reboot daily, but only if Media Center is not currently recording?
WMC Daily reboot?
Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:48pm
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WMC Daily reboot?
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:26am
#3
I tried "shutdown.exe /r" as a scheduled task, but the computer rebooted even if media center is recording.
Mon, 04/02/2012 - 12:04pm
#4
Did you try the scheduled task option to not perform the task unless idle? This possibly may work to prevent the task from occurring during a recording.
You can set up a scheduled task (look under administrative tools in the Control Panel) to execute "shutdown.exe /r". I believe that it will respect the recording and not shutdown while recording, though I am not 100% certain so you might want to test it out first.
If you open a command prompt and type "shutdown /?" you can see all the possible flags available. I believe that if you added the /f flag that it would force the reboot even if recording.
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