From: address@is.invalid   
      
   JJ,   
      
   > If turning off the computer is a requirement, then there's no   
   > software can automate it (the turning on the computer part).   
      
   "turning off" is nowerdays a phrase with different meanings.  Laptop owners   
   "turn off" by putting it to sleep/hybernation.  Also, desktop 'puters that   
   are "off" can be re-started by nudging the mouse or pressing a key.   
      
   IOW, many 'puters nowerdays are not /totally/ powered-down.   
      
   So, maybe a couple of reboots might be enough.  And that can be had by   
   "shutdown -r". Getting it to boot into safe mode could be had by editing the   
   boot configuration : "bcdedit /set {default} safeboot minimal"* - before the   
   shutdown ofcourse :-)   
      
      
   When in safe mode the boot configuration has ofcourse to be put back   
   "bcdedit /deletevalue {default} safeboot"*   
      
   Than another "shutdown -r" should get the 'puter back to normal.   
      
   (Both of the above could be put into batch files)   
      
   *   
   https://community.spiceworks.com/t/how-to-reboot-into-safe-mode-   
   t-a-command-prompt/1009658   
      
   But yes, all of it hinges if an actual un-powering is needed.   
      
   Regards,   
   Rudy Wieser   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)