Shutdown Script for Active Directory - Domian Group Policy: shutdown, policy, directory, group, active

Shutdown Script for Active Directory - Domian Group Policy

Our company is using windows 2003 server and active directory. I need to create a script that shuts down all our computers except for the server at 8PM every night. I would like to apply this a group policy for the domain. What is the best way to do this and what script should I use. .I should add I have no skills in writing scripts. Thank you in advance.

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I've turned this into an easily editable batch script, the source code is here. If you wish to comment on where I originally posted this, here is the link.

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@echo off
REM Variables - CHANGE THESE TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS
 
REM The list of computers that will be read, one line per computer in the text file!
Set ListFile=ITsuitePClist.txt
 
REM The name of the log file to write to.
Set LogFile=deploylog.txt
 
REM The shutdown time, must be 24 hours in the same format as below.
Set ShutdownAt=18:30:00
 
REM The shutdown timeout, how long the computer waits before it shuts down.
Set ShutdownTimeOut=10
 
REM The name of the task, this will appear in Scheduled Tasks on the workstations, a good idea not to use spaces.
Set TaskName=EveShutdown
 
 
REM Dont touch below ;)
 
title Network Shutdown Deploy - Stage 1 (using list file: %ListFile%)
echo.
echo.About to deploy shutdown scheduled task, using file %ListFile%
echo.
echo.Press any key to review the computers being deployed to...
pause >nul
title Network Shutdown Deploy - Stage 2 (using list file: %ListFile%)
echo.Contents of list file:
echo.
echo.START OF LIST
echo.
type %ListFile% |more
echo.
echo.END OF LIST
echo.
echo.Press any key to begin the deploy (CTRL+C to abort now)...
pause >nul
title Network Shutdown Deploy - Stage 3 (using list file: %ListFile%)
echo.
echo.Deploying, See %LogFile% for deploy messages.
echo.
echo.(if you dont see any activity it probably means the task already exists, Press Y to replace the task continually, you will eventually get to the Complete stage)
echo.
echo. >> %LogFile%
echo.BEGIN - Shutdown Deploy Log For %time% - %date% >> %LogFile%
echo. >> %LogFile%
For /f %%a in (%ListFile%) do schtasks /s %%a /create /ru system /sc daily /st %ShutdownAt% /tn %TaskName% /tr "shutdown -s -f -t %ShutdownTimeOut%" >> %LogFile%
echo. >> %LogFile%
echo.END - Shutdown Deploy Log For %time% - %date% >> %LogFile%
title Network Shutdown Deploy - Stage 4 - COMPLETE! (using list file: %ListFile%)
echo.
echo.Complete, See %LogFile% for deploy messages.
echo.
echo.Press any key to exit.
pause >nul
exit

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