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Any idea how to find a shutdown event in Event Viewer?
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Any idea how to find a shutdown event in Event Viewer?

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I have scheduled a daily (nightly) shutdown on a Windows 2000 Pro PC (being used as a server in a peer-to-peer network) so that a user's PST file is forced closed to enable the backup utility to run (an hour later). I have used the Task Scheduler and pointed it to shurdown.exe with the -r , -f switches (restart, force applications to quit). However, it doesn't appear the system is shutting down (set for 2:00am) and I am trying to confirm. I thought this shutdown would be logged somewhere in the event viewer but I cannot find anything there. Am I missing something or is it more likely that my scheduled task isn't working and that's why it isn't logged?
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I have scheduled a daily (nightly) shutdown on a Windows 2000 Pro PC (being used as a server in a peer-to-peer network) so that a user's PST file is forced closed to enable the backup utility to run (an hour later). I have used the Task Scheduler and pointed it to shurdown.exe with the -r , -f switches (restart, force applications to quit). However, it doesn't appear the system is shutting down (set for 2:00am) and I am trying to confirm. I thought this shutdown would be logged somewhere in the event viewer but I cannot find anything there. Am I missing something or is it more likely that my scheduled task isn't working and that's why it isn't logged?

Where is a shutdown logged on a Windows 2000 Pro PC?

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.

Windows 2000

Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. For large systems, the operating system makes sure that different programs and users running at the same time do not interfere with each other. The operating system is also responsible for security, ensuring that unauthorized users do not access the system. Operating systems provide a software platform on top of which other programs, called application programs, can run.