Shutdown Scheduler Automatically Turns PC Off When An Application Closes Or Stops Playing Audio

Nowadays, energy conservation is a big concern, not just because of hefty costs, but also due to the shortage of energy across the globe. Unnecessarily keeping the computer running for long periods wastes a lot of energy, and is one thing that can be avoided with due diligence. However, there are situations where you cannot turn the computer off even when you are not around. For instance, if you are downloading a large file that does not support resuming, you cannot turn the computer off during the download. You can wait for the download to finish and come back to your PC to turn it off, but what if you know that you will not be able to turn the PC off once the download is finished. If you have to go to work or sleep, you cannot wait for the task at hand to get completed. Using the Power Options, Windows allows users to turn their computer off when it's left in idle state for a specified time, but it only detects the lack of mouse and keyboard actions and doesn’t take into account any important applications running on the PC. So, what can you do in that situation? You can use Shutdown Scheduler, an automatic shutdown application that triggers computer shutdown based on various scenarios, such as completion of countdown time, at a specified time, when computer is idle for some time, when a certain application is closed etc. Read More

Disable Auto-Termination Of Applications That Block Windows 8 Shutdown [Tip]

You may know that Windows 8 comes with an auto-quit applications feature that looks for all active console & GUI based applications at system shutdown and restart, and forcibly closes them. Although this feature helps you quickly quit all those applications and processes, which are stuck in deadlock or livelocks, you often require to save all the changes made to currently running application before Windows shutdowns the system. Windows 8, just like previous versions of Windows, allows system administrators to change this system shutdown policy. If you’re an system administrator, you can set Windows to always suspend system shutdown/restart process until users manually close all the running console and GUI based utilities. Using the Microsoft Management Console snap-in namely Local Group Policy Editor, any user who belongs to Administrators group can disable auto-termination of programs at system shutdown. Read More

How To Suspend, Shutdown, Hibernate, Or Restart Your Computer After A Specified Time

TimeComX is a great utility which I came across recently, it puts your computer into different states after a specified time. It also works as an alarm clock with your own customized music. Suppose a file is downloading and it will complete after two hours, you can specify your computer to shutdown after two hours by using this tool. You can choose to play a sound after a few hours so that you can know that the task in your computer is complete, or it can just work like an alarm clock. Read More