How to Schedule a PC Shut-Down with Third Party Programs

PCs still lack the most useful tool of all, a remote control. This would be especially useful when you leave your home in a hurry and forget the desktop is running, or when your kids are glued to the screen for hours and you have to make them do chores or homework.

These developers understand the need, and they have prepared a variety of user-friendly software to solve the above-mentioned problem. These timers can not only shut down or reboot your PC, but also log off a user, lock a user’s interface, or send your PC into sleep mode.

Sleep Timer

Sleep Timer. Source of the image: https://pc-sleep-timer.en.softonic.com/#app-softonic-review

Features

  • Shut Down: Yes.
  • Sleep: Yes.
  • Hibernate: Yes.
  • Restart: No.
  • Current user log off: No.
  • Schedule by time: No.
  • Schedule by date: No.
  • Special feature: Fully portable.

PC Sleep

Source of the image: http://pc-sleep.com

Features

  • Shut Down: Yes.
  • Sleep: Yes.
  • Hibernate: Yes.
  • Restart: No.
  • Current user log off: No.
  • Schedule by time: No.
  • Schedule by date: No.
  • Special feature: Requires a Dot Net Framework for installation.

Simple Shutdown Timer

Source of the image: http://www.pcwintech.com/simple-shutdown-timer

Features

Shut Down: Yes.
Sleep: Yes.
Hibernate: Yes.
Restart: Yes.
Current user log off: Yes.
Schedule by time: Yes.
Schedule by date: No.

Windows Reboot

Source of the image: http://thewindowsclub.thewindowsclubco.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/windows-reboot.jpg

Features

  • Shut Down: Yes.
  • Sleep: Yes.
  • Hibernate: Yes.
  • Restart: Yes.
  • Current user log off: Yes.
  • Schedule by time: Yes.
  • Schedule by date: Yes.

Ninja Shutdown

Logo: http://www.rtgstudios.in/ninja

Features

  • Shut Down: Yes.
  • Sleep: Yes.
  • Hibernate: Yes.
  • Restart: Yes.
  • Current user log off: Yes.
  • Schedule by time: Yes.
  • Schedule by date: Yes
  • Special feature: Can be hidden from view, saves profile settings, comes with online management.

As you can see, the most advanced is the last timer. Its greatest advantage is the ‘Hide’ feature. This makes the software is hard to spot.

Sleep Timer and PC Sleep share the opposite end of the scale. Sleep Timer is perhaps the simplest of all, and fully portable which means you can run it from a flash drive. It won’t do to limit the gamer’s time, but it is OK for tasks such as shutting the system down after a particularly slow download late into the night.

If you know other software, feel free to leave it in your comments on Facebook and Twitter.

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