Windows Shutdown usually takes only a matter of seconds before the computer shuts down. It can take longer if commands or applications are executed at shutdown – like cleaning temporary files or the pagefile – or if a driver or program does not respond properly to the shutdown command. One of the better additions of [...]
Windows Timer
TimeComX is a portable software program for computers running a Windows operating system including Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 that can be used to put the operating system into different states at a specified time.
The Windows timer can be configured to reset, shutdown, suspend or play an audio signal at a specified [...]

