Autoclose

autoclose is a small utility to shut down Windows systems automatically. Some of its features are:

• Shut down the system at certain hour (e.g. at 12:00).
• Shut down the computer according CPU usage - Several types of shut down (shut down, restart, ...).
• User friendly interface.
• Works with Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista.

Under Win95 / Win98, you'll be able make your system shutdown (and poweroff), log off, hibernate or reboot.

Under WinNT/Win2000, you'll be able make your system shutdown (to safe to switch off screen, poweroff, log off, hibernate or reboot.

The Force close option assure that the system will be shut down, no matter what programs would be actived. In the other hand, you may lose any unsaved data of these programs, so use this option carefully.

Autoclose can shut down at any date or time. It can also perform the same task at the same hour every day.

Autoclose can shut down on CPU idle : when the CPU usage goes below a certain value while a certain amount of time, autoclose runs the task specified in the "What" tab.

In the options panel, you can specifiy autoclose loading with windows (useful for recurring tasks). - You can also specifiy a value for the warning countdown.

Autoclose can wait for a certain amount of time you can specify in the options tab and then start shutting down on CPU idle.

The switch -start (e.g. autoclose.exe -start) will cause autoclose automatically starting then countdown to the shut down.

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