Computer shuts down when streaming a movie from a file server

Question

Ok so I have two computers one which is running Windows 10 Pro and has mp4 files on it located in a shared folder. The second computer is running Windows 8.1 Pro. From the Windows 8.1 computer I go through the network and play these videos on the Windows 8.1 computer. On the Windows 10 Pro computer I've setup a scheduled task when on idle the task scheduler executes the command shutdown.exe with /s switch. This works fine the computer shuts down but does this when I'm watching a video. I need for this shutdown to work (on the Windows 10 Pro) when there is no network traffic. Can this be done or can someone tell me what am I doing wrong ? Any suggestions are welcome.

Answer 1

Hi,

Based on my understanding, you want scheduled task to execute the command of shutdown when there is no network traffic. Is that right? Please feel free to let me know if I have any misunderstanding.

You might consider following two methods:

1.Tigger trigger an event 10001 that your computer disconnects from the Internet, then execute the command of shutdown.

For your reference:

Windows Task Scheduler: Trigger an Event When Internet Connects/Disconnects

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2.If you just want to monitor player's activity. You can use PowerShell command to check whether player program is running, if not, then execute the command of shutdown.

Best Regards,
Candy

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