Auto ShutDown

Auto ShutDown is a lightweight tool designed to automatize your computer’s shutdown, restart or hibernation state. You can use it as a shutdown timer and set it to power off your computer, at the end of a countdown or at a specified time and day.

Multiple shutdown modes

The software features several methods of scheduling your computer to shut down, log off or restart. You can set a countdown, specify a certain date and time or let the application power off the computer certain CPU parameters are met.
Thus, Auto ShutDown can power off your machine or restart it after a specified time of inactivity or if the processor usage reaches a certain percentage. This mode is designed to save power and preserve your system’s health and life span.

Shutdown and other actions

Aside from powering off or suspending the system’s activity, Auto ShutDown can also act as an alarm clock, power off the monitor, log off from the current user or send the system to hibernation. Each of these actions can be assigned to a specific event, whose occurrence triggers the desired effect.
If you create a list of this kind of events, you may select even more actions that the software can perform. For instance, every day, at 9 P.M., Auto ShutDown can display a message on your screen, disconnect you from the Internet, start or close a certain program. The events may happen once or be recurrent.

Processor usage and cleaning

Auto ShutDown can perform the selected action when the computer has been idle for more than the specified time or when the processor usage is higher than a certain percentage. Before shutdown or the alternative action, the software can prompt the computer to automatically empty Recycle Bin, delete temporary files or display a system clean window.
You can protect your software from other unauthorised users by password protecting it, or enable remote control, so that you can schedule a computer to shutdown from afar.

Conclusion

A simple yet useful application designed to shutdown your computer when you are away and you cannot power it off yourself. It is a means to protect your private data from prying eyes, to save power or to prolong the life of your processor.