Originally Posted by ballin
shut down is easy, no idea about start up.
'shutdown -s' as a command will shut down the computer, then you can use task scheduler or the like to run that command whenever you want
All I have been doing is I created a setting in the power settings (when you right click desktop and go to properties > Screen saver > power options) where I set it to "shutdown hard disks after xhrs" and if I leave my PC on to play music when I go to bed, I select that powerscheme.....
Just a "pre-booter" would have been good.......