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Open task scheduler in control panel.<br />
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Set a scheduled task to run the following in a batch file:<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-41035997-1">shutdown /f /r /t 30</code></pre>
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make sure when you set the scheduled task, you set it to run with an administrator account who has permission to reboot the box.
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Open task scheduler in control panel.

Set a scheduled task to run the following in a batch file:



shutdown /f /r /t 30


make sure when you set the scheduled task, you set it to run with an administrator account who has permission to reboot the box.

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As I mentioned task scheduler is broken on the server for some reason so I need a method that uses start menu or some other way.
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As I mentioned task scheduler is broken on the server for some reason so I need a method that uses start menu or some other way.

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choward16980 thank you for you response. But I have a question. If I add this bat file to the windows startup menu does the administrator need to logon before it will initiate the bat file?
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choward16980 thank you for you response. But I have a question. If I add this bat file to the windows startup menu does the administrator need to logon before it will initiate the bat file?

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Yes. &nbsp;If that's out of the question, you're out of options.
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Yes.  If that's out of the question, you're out of options.

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ug ok thank you for your help!
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You can issue the command remotely from another server.
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You can issue the command remotely from another server.

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yes I think I will have to do that. thanks!
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yes I think I will have to do that. thanks!

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I have a windows 2003 server that I want to safely restart every 48 hours. I want to use the start menu to call the batch file because the scheduled tasks feature on the server does not work for some reason.<br />
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How do I do this?
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I have a windows 2003 server that I want to safely restart every 48 hours. I want to use the start menu to call the batch file because the scheduled tasks feature on the server does not work for some reason.

How do I do this?

how to write a dos batch file which will be called from startup to reboot windows 2003 terminal server.

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS) was an operating system for x86-based personal computers, and traces of it are still found in the Windows operating system. DOS is still used in some embedded systems and for certain legacy 16-bit networks.

Microsoft DOS

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.