DESCRIPTION:

ShutIT can be used to schedule the following system commands: Shutdown, Reboot, Logoff, Standby and Hibernate. The user sets a time upon which these commands must be actioned by the system.

Two types of countdown timer modes are available i.e. COUNTDOWN or SPECIFIC TIME.

The COUNTDOWN mode involves setting a time limit for example 10 or 20 minutes or 1 hour. When the timer runs out, the computer will shut down or hibernate or whichever action was chosen when the count down was initiated.

The SPECIFIC TIME mode allows the user to set a definite time for the system to action a power down like 14:30 or 01:25. The program uses 24-hour timers as in [HH:mm:ss] notations.

Some additional features are available like basic system cleaning operations and idle task processing and optimizing tweaks.

FEATURES:

The main program let's the user choose how the system must be shut down/ powered off. All these options are dependent on your current system configuration i.e. if you have disabled the Hibernation feature in Windows then, by using the hibernate option in Shut IT might not work as expected and so on. You can set the time countdown limit for when you want your chosen action to take place. This can be done by setting a normal countdown timer i.e. Reboot the system in 30 minutes or whichever time you feel is necessary. The other timing option is to set a specific time for example: Shutdown at 11:45:00 PM or Standby at 14:30:00.

The Shut IT program supports some additional features like system cleaning, tweaks and idle task processing.

• Clean The System Before Powering Down: This feature involves running the Shut IT program's built-in cleaner utility before powering down the system. The following will be cleared: Recent Documents, Temporary Files and Recycle Bin.
• Idle Task Processing: This function, if enabled, will run the Windows command to process all tasks that Windows has placed in idle state during user activity. More information on this command can be found by searching the internet with this query: "Idle Task Scheduling: The ProcessIdleTask API". Note: Ideally, allow in the countdown timer's settings for at least 15 minutes BEFORE power down if "process idle tasks" is enabled. This will ensure that all Windows tasks has been completed and the system has been optimized.
• Tweaks: The system settings that can be tweaked under the "Options" section are all basic and involves settings that optimizes the speed at which Windows will process it's various "power down" commands. For example: To kill hung apps timeout, involves forcefully ending applications and processes that are hanging/waiting for something. This is a native Windows setting, but the time that Windows waits untill it executes the command to kill these hanging apps can be adjusted from let's say 5 seconds down to 1 second. The same applies to the time Windows spends before killing services that are hanging etc... These tweaks are all safe and can be reverted to it's default settings at any time.
• Adjust System Time Settings: Adjust system time settings by clicking on the running clock in the program's interface to configure Windows time settings.This Will not interfere with the operation of the program. All timers and clock functions in the program are in HH:mm:ss 24-hour format.

INSTALLATION:

This program does not need any installation. It runs as a stand-alone executable. OS respective directories created at runtime will be either of the following where "~" = MetalloSoft\ShutIT:

Windows Vista, 7, 8 will be:

C:\ProgramData\~

or in Widows XP it'll be:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\~

No special un-installation is required. To discard the program, just delete the executable file. Optionally, browse to either of the two directories mentioned previosly and delete them. No registry entries or keys are created by the program. Registry keys and values created by the Operating System are for use by the Operating System and not the Shut IT program.

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