software that shuts a pc off

[wizdumb]

so up until recently i used my winfast software to switch my pc off at night, like the sleep function on a tv

...i watch movies/series in bed to help me fall asleep

now for some reason the my tv turner is no longer funtioning (something about no video capture device not found) - so i am looking for s/w that i can use to shut my pc down at night

i don't want to use the power/sleep function in display properties in winxp

 

[Telkomisaloser]

type this into your run command

shutdown -s -t "Insert number of seconds"

This one is for twenty minutes

shutdown -s -t 1200

 

[charlie_82]

Hey that's quite clever

 

[Telkomisaloser]

Thanks and this to abort it

shutdown -a

 

[charlie_82]

Hey even cleverer

 

[wizdumb]

nice! a solution and i don't have to download something, now i'll just have to calc and convert hours/min to sec before i get sleepy

thx

 

[Keeper]

I know there exists software that shuts down, say in X amount of secs...but i just thought of something... how about an app that shuts down when the mouse hasn't moved, and there is no sound playing....?

cause i fall asleep with movies too...

i'm thinking of coding this, unless it already exists...

 

[wizdumb]

@ keeper - if you code it, i'll take a copy, for testing purposes ofcourse

 

[qdada]

hey, is there an equivalent for restart avery so many hours ?

 

[Stokstert]

MF Shutdown Manager Full Edition 0.9.6

http://www.mfshut.de/index.html

or

http://www.download.com/MF-Shutdown-Manager-Full-Edition/3000-2094_4-10862585.html

or

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Launchers-Shutdown-Tools/MF-Shutdown-Manager.shtml

Lower down on the last link are a few more apps that might do what you need.

 

[wizdumb]

i also found a couple that i'll test over the w'end, as TIAL's idea works, but sometimes when something is running on the background, it doesn't shut the pc down....

i'm gonna try Shutdown After 2.1, SHUTdown at 1.0

but will also try one or 2 of stoks s/w

 

[Threepwood]

Chrono Shutdown.

Only for windows AFAIK, it can Standby/Shutdown/Restart after a given time.

Can't seem to really find it with Google that well though...

 

[charlh]

Try AMP WinOFF It's an excellent program for scheduling shutdowns. You have a choice of whether you want to shutdown, reboot, hibernate, standby etc. You can schedule daily shutdown times. And it's free!!

Find it here

http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/WinOFF.php

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Code a batch file with TIAL's shutdown command...

...and add it as a task in your tasks folder

...so it will run at a specified time

 

[AirWolf]

Code a batch file with TIAL's shutdown command...

...and add it as a task in your tasks folder

...so it will run at a specified time

A simple DIY solution - I like it .

 

[S1ght]

and if you'd like to add a friendly comment with it just add -c "Your comment here" at the end

 

[.Froot.]

type this into your run command

shutdown -s -t "Insert number of seconds"

This one is for twenty minutes

shutdown -s -t 1200

I used to do this back in the day at school and use the M$ Word icon on it. Then if someone opened Word, a message "This pc has been hijacked and will shut down in 10 seconds" popped up and the system shut down.