If you ever encountered a situation where you had to leave the PC that was still running a program that could not be terminated then Airytec Switch Off might offer a different solution than keeping the PC on until your return.
The program can initiate local and remote shutdowns and other actions. It comes as a portable version and installer for both 32-bit and 64-bit editions of the Windows operating system. There is only one difference between the installer and the portable version: the remote options are only available in the installer.
Airytec Switch Off displays a system tray icon upon startup that serves to purposes. It can for one be used to perform specific actions like shutting down the PC, enabling sleep mode, hibernation or shutting down a vpn connection right away or in the near future or to schedule specific events.
Available immediate actions can be started right away, after 30, 60 or 120 minutes or after 30, 60 or 120 minutes of cpu inactivity. An option to select the same for network inactivity would be a nice addition as it is currently not available.
The second option is the scheduler which can be displayed with a left-click on the program icon.
The scheduler can be used to configure events that happen once, daily, weekly, per countdown or cpu idle. The available actions that are performed are the same that are available in the right-click menu:
Shutdown
Restart
Log-Off
Lock
Sleep
Hibernate
Disconnect VPN
The web interface can be configured in the program’s options. This web interface will run on the local computer system on port 8000 by default. It can – and should – be protected with a username and password to avoid unauthorized access.
Airytec Switch Off is a lightweight software program for most Windows operating systems. It can be downloaded from the developer’s website.
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Thanks Martin..
bookmarked & downloaded for a further inspection
I found this was a very interesting article. I currently work in tech support and this program would be very useful at times when I am trying to shut down a uncorporative PC. I will have to look into this further, Thank You.