Using the Task Scheduler, you can schedule Windows restart or reboot in a few clicks. Here's the step-by-step guide on Windows scheduled restart.

Should you run your system everyday, to be able to restart on schedule is extremely useful. When running the computer all day long, it's highly possible that you will see performance degradation over time due to a variety of reasons such as the quantity of running applications, clutter, temp files, etc. In those cases, restarting the machine occasionally can help run the machine smoothly. For instance, you can configure Windows to restart automatically at nighttime to set up updates. This way, it's not necessary to be worried about abrupt restart or remembering to restart the machine outside active hours.

So, within this simple and quick guide, allow me to show the steps to make use of the job scheduler to restart Windows computer automatically at particular times.

Note: Along with Windows 10, the steps shown below will work in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Steps to Schedule Restart Windows

To restart Windows automatically, we can use the task scheduler. So, stick to the steps the following to schedule restart Windows.

Press the Windows answer to open the beginning menu.
Type "Task Scheduler" towards the bottom search field.
Click around the "Task Scheduler" result in the Start menu.
After opening the job scheduler, click on the "Create task" option.
Type a reputation in the Name field. The name can be anything you like. Just be sure it is descriptive.
Go to the "Triggers" tab and click "New" to produce a new trigger.
Select "On a schedule" in the first drop-down menu.
Select "Daily" radio option and hang the time you want.
To recur every single day, type "1" within the "Recur every" field.
Click "Ok".
Go to the "Actions" tab and click on "New".
Select "Start a program" from the first dropdown menu.
Type "%SystemRoot%\system32\shutdown.exe" in the Program/Script field.
Type "-r -f -t 10" within the arguments field.
Click "Ok".
(Optional) Visit the "Conditions" tab and select the "Start the task only if the computer is idle" checkbox. That way, the machine is only going to restart if it's idle. i.e, not doing anything. Click "Ok".
You will see the new task within the task scheduler.

That's it. You've created a scheduled task to automatically restart Windows. From now on, Windows will reboot itself according to the task configuration. Right before restarting, it'll show a little message giving any active users an opportunity to save the job.

As you can see, it is pretty easy to perform a scheduled restart while using task scheduler tool in Windows. If you wish to, you may also display a popup message utilizing a task scheduler right before restarting the system.

Disable Automatic Restart

Whenever you no more require the scheduled restart task, you are able to disable it to avoid an automatic restart. To do that, discover the task in the task scheduler, right-click on it and select the "Disable" option. Should you really want to, you are able to delete the job by choosing the "Delete" option.