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So I'm downloading a file which is 6.69GB . It's 4.05GB through, but says it has a few hours to go. I want to go to bed, and leave it to finish, but once its done my laptop will stay on, how to do I get my laptop to sleep or shutdown once my download is complete or to set a timer ?
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on windows 8 if that matters

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Go to battery settings, there you can set a timer so if that timer reaches a time you have set up the computer will shutdown.

Hope that this helps you!
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I don't think there is a way to set a timer for it to shut down but there is a way to make it sleep.

If you know how long it is going to take to get done, you can set it to sleep than.
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You could do this and set the time for a bit after your estimated time the download will finish. This is for Windows 7, I'm not sure if it's the same for Windows 8.



1. Go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools and click on the Task Scheduler.

2. From the Action menu in Task Scheduler, click "Create Basic Task..."

3. In the "Create Basic Task Wizard" windows that pops up, Type in a title and a description. Something basic like "PC Shutdown."

4. Click "Next."

5. On the "Task Trigger" screen, choose the frequency with which you want the Shutdown PC to run. For nightly shutdown, click on "daily" and click the Next" button.

6.On the "Daily" screen, enter the date and time you want your PC to shutdown. Click "Next."

7. On the "Action" screen, choose "Start a program" and click "Next."

8. On the "Start a Program" screen, type C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe in the "Program/script" text field.

9. In the Add arguments text field type /s.

10. Click "Next."

11. Confirm your settings on the Summary screen and click "Finish."


Then when you next turn the computer on you can cancel the event so it won't happen every day.
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thanks so much!
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Even easier, download BitTorrent if its a torrent then in the settings theres an option to shutdown when all downloads are complete.
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