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By: em

em — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:50:03 +0000

shutdowns when download finishes.
possibly win’s scheduler can do. task settings include some checkboxes for: delay for [choose] minutes after inactive. whether the scheduler obeys this setting is something that needs to be tested…

By: dpSubi1

dpSubi1 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:02:59 +0000

I was looking for the similar stuff. I believe it will help me a lot, as I am working as a lan admin.

thanks

By: Power-Inside

Power-Inside — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:50:25 +0000

Eventhough there are tons of freewares and ‘commmand prompt shutdown calling methods’ etc , this program has more features and is more better than any other utility i have ever seen. Very versatile software. you have to see its key features.. really a good and a great portable and compact software.

By: Skye-hook

Skye-hook — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:50:19 +0000

Many times lately I have wanted a program to shut down my PC after a long download, especially if I want to go to bed! Staying up an hour for a download, when dropping tired is bad for ya! :) This is just what I needed! Thank you!!! You are all great! :)

By: The Dot

The Dot — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:43:22 +0000

dudes!

this is a useful program. for example, you can use it to shut your computer down if you are downloading overnight (i do, have off peak and peak download limits)

its not about turning of off, its about turning your computer off when you’re not around.

yes you may not use it, doesn’t mean no one will.

By: goodgotd

goodgotd — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:24:02 +0000

Err.. Yawn. Especially this time of year, on short budget. home lan for personal use, yep, 4-6 computers usually running, are in cold weather part of the *heating* budget. Keep them on, or freeze. simple.

Amazing what you can do with huge heatsinks to make fans go away. I’m of the ‘if you can keep it cool without fans’, run it 24/7 school of reliability. the results seem as good or better than those who turn them of when they leave.

(I hate LAN-wide reboots on 2k pro. For that much hassle, I’ll go full net-wide power-off and inspect for dust bunnies, it’s no more real work, you gotta visit them anyway one way or another.. every time.)

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:55:14 +0000

@#32 Uh…why use Brutus to turn it off when you can just do it from the start menu?

This program seems pretty useless to me. For example, if you were downloading something but had to leave and wanted your computer off afterward, you wouldn’t know when to set your computer to turn off because as most everyone knows, downloads sometimes take much longer to download than expected.

There are probably other reasons to download this, and it might work for some folks, but personally, I’m not gonna go for this one. Thanks anyway, GAOTD!

By: wiseman55

wiseman55 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:51:58 +0000

Not bad but I am a dedicated user of AutoShutdown Pro which for the money is far more useful!!

By: enovy

enovy — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:23:36 +0000

The only way to turn on your computer is by pushing the power button. You can, however, put your computer in standby and this software has wake on lan.
Newer computers have a setting in the BIOS that tells the computer to go into S3 when it goes into standby. S3 only uses slightly more power than actually powering off the computer.
So if you want to turn your computer on remotely, you can enable S3 and use the wake on lan.

By: DucTape

DucTape — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:09:23 +0000

True, a LAN tool may be useless for personal use. After all you can’t use it unless you have a home network. But it’s FREE You don’t pay a penny. Don’t like it? delete it. BYE!