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Testimonials:
"Excellent
program, I spent weeks looking for it with Google.
Found it on PCMag.
Many programs do a Shut Down, but yours is the only usable one
that does a Wake Up."
Brian
L. - USA
"I
bought Shut Down Expert today and it is great!".
Ian M. - UK
That's
IT!!! Whatever you did - it worked! Thanks! Will purchase it
tonight! This is one of the nicer programs I've seen - Great Job
- Hope you continue
to offer it and improve it!
Gregg S. - USA
"Yes!!! Good,
you did it. As I told, I am buying your
software right now via shareit.
Thank you."
Pavel K. - Czeh Rep.
"It's a GREAT
program. I use it on several computers on
my home network, particularly on the file server. I use it to run
various
maintenance programs at night, to restart Windows, which keeps things
running very smoothly, and I use it to send the server into hibernation,
which also saves money."
Mark O. - USA
"Let me
start out by praising SDE. SDE has one of the most intuitively
easy to use and comprehend user interfaces I have encountered.
The "Help" section is very comprehensive, covering any and all
options and setups available and providing useful examples.
SDE has been a Godsend for myself as I have health/physical
handicaps. These consume inordinate amounts of my time and prevent
me from spending as much time performing tasks as I would like
to."
Joseph H. - U.S.A.
See also:
Shut
Down Expert - Mobile Client PPE
Shut
Down Expert - Mobile Client SPE
SDEController
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Shut Down Expert 5.03
Scheduler
and power saving tool
As computers
take on more and more automated tasks, they seem to spend more
and more time fully powered on. In many cases personal computers
are left running all the day just to execute some tasks that
the computer may do during non-working hours.
Allowing a computer to go into standby or hibernation and then
waking it up as needed is a much smarter option. Certainly there
are tasks that require the computer to be always on, but for
other tasks there is often a better method, which helps you
to save power and reduce the level of noise.
Standby
mode is energy conserving, because your entire computer switches
to a low-power state. Devices, such as the monitor and hard
disks, turn off and your computer uses less power. It's easy
to return to work, because Standby leaves applications and files
open on your desktop Standby is not appropriate for long term
use and it has one important limitation: everything is in memory,
not yet saved to the hard drive.
Hibernate
mode writes an image of what you're currently working on to
a special file on your hard drive, and then shuts your computer
almost completely off. It takes a bit longer than Standby, since
it needs to write to your hard drive. Hibernate also takes a
bit longer to resume, since you must go through essentially
the normal boot process, although in Windows XP your computer
wakes faster from Hibernate than in previous versions of Windows.
The advantage is that you can leave your laptop in Hibernate
mode for days without any ill effect. When you start it back
up, you'll see everything exactly as you left it. Hibernate
is the perfect mode for shutting down for the night or even
the weekend.
| Power
consumption chart |
| Computer
state |
Consumption |
| Powered
On |
100% |
| Powered
On, but Monitor Off |
60% |
| Standby |
35% |
| Hibernation |
1% |
| Powered
Off |
0% |
Shut
Down Expert is designed to resolve these problems of your
computer. It supports more type of events.

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Event
|
Description
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Turn
Off
|
Turns
the computer off.
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Turn
On
|
Hibernates
the computer immediately and turns it on at the specified
time.
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Restart
|
Restarts
the computer.
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Log
Off
|
Logs
the current user off.
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| Lock Computer |
Locks the
computer. |
| Block
Input |
Blocks
all the input. |
| Unblock Input |
Unblocks the
input. |
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Turn
Off Monitor
|
Turns
the display off.
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Screen
Saver
|
Turns
the screen saver on.
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Standby
|
Goes
in standby.
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Hibernate
|
Hibernates
the computer.
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Wake
Up
|
Wakes
the computer up from Hibernation, Standby, Monitor Off and
Screen Saver modes.
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Wake
On LAN/WAN
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Wakes
a computer up from LAN or through the Internet.
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Start
Application
|
Executes
an application.
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Close
Application
|
Closes
an application.
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Defragmenter
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Defragments
a partition.
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Empty
Recycle Bin
|
Clears
the Recycle Bin.
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Empty
Clipboard
|
Clears
the clipboard.
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Eject
CD-ROM
|
Ejects
the specified CD-ROM device.
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Close
CD-ROM
|
Closes
the specified CD-ROM device.
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Capture
Screen
|
Captures
the screen to bitmap.
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Message
|
Message
alert.
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Beep
|
Beep
alert.
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Sound
|
Sound
alert.
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Sound
Off
|
Mutes
the sound.
|
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Sound
On
|
Restores
from mute.
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Send
Message
|
Sends
a message over the network.
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Download
|
Downloads
a file.
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| Keyboard
events |
Simulates
keystrokes for applications. |
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Custom
events
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User
defined events.
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Remark on Turn
On and Wake Up events:
Some machines can
wake up from standby and not from hibernation, some can work for both,
and some for neither. It all depends on BIOS and APM/ACPI capabilities,
your motherboard, and your ATX power supply version.
Most of events
work also when the user is not logged in, because it uses a
background service, which processes the events when no user
is logged in. (only on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista)
You can also schedule remote events on remote machines if your
IP address is set as a server on the remote machine.
At the setting of the event's execution time you can choose between
more options:
- You can specify exactly the date and the time of the event (At...)
- You can specify an interval of time relative to a specified date
and time (From...In...)
- You can specify an interval of time relative to the actual moment
(In...)
- You can specify an event that will be executed in that moment
(Now)
- You can specify a time (minute and second) when an event will
be executed hourly (Hourly)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every day
(Daily)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every business
day (Business Days)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every weekend
day (Weekend Days)
- You can specify a time and day when an event will be executed
every week (Weekly)
- You can specify a time and day when an event will be executed
every month (Monthly)
The settings will be available after a power failure or a restart
of the computer too.
You can specify more events in the same time and the events will
be executed in the order of the time specification. The program
will monitor the usage of the CPU and the lifetime of the battery
and will show them in charts. This is a very useful feature for
portable computers.
You can define
keyboard events for your applications. If you want to simulate the
pressing of some key or key combinations for an application then
this tool is ideal for you.
You can
define your custom events, for this you need to specify an event
name and a DLL file name/path and a method name, which contains
the event logic. In this way you can write your own event handlers
inside a DLL and register it in Shut Down Expert.
You can find an example of custom event handler in the Shut
Down Expert SDK.
Shut
Down Expert supports DCD infrared remote control receivers
through WinLirc.
In this way you can control your computer through any remote
control.
The program
contains a Hot Key Manager module to manage system - wide hot
keys. In this way you can define global hot keys for events.
The program contains
a smart Startup Manager module to manage the applications that
start with the operating system.
The
program contains a Wake-up Manager module to manage the applications
that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
The program
contains an Application Manager module to manage the applications
that are running in the memory.
The program
contains an Idle Time Manager module for managing your idle time
or for power saving. Here you can set your computer to turns itself
off or hibernates after some minutes of user inactivity. (Available
only for Windows 2000 or later).
With this program you
can set your Windows to automatically log on to your account without
every time asking for authentication.
The software provides
multi - language support. You can integrate your own language file,
creating a text file with "lng" extension which will be
automatically detected by the program after you copied it in the
"Language" directory.
Supported
Operating Systems:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista
License:
Shareware
Trial
version limitations: Expires after 20 days.
Installation:
1. Close Shut Down Expert if it is running:
from the tray bar - right click/Exit - or from the main menu
- File/Exit - (only if you have an earlier version installed,
otherwise skip this step)
2. Uninstall the current version and restart the computer -
Control Panel/Add-Remove programs (only if you have an earlier
version installed, otherwise skip this step)
3. Reinstall the new version running the setup file.
4. Register it (menu: Help/Register), if necessary.
SDECmd:
SdeCmd is a command line interpreter for Shut Down
Expert. You can use this utility to schedule Shut
Down Expert events simply from command prompt or from a
batch file. SdeCmd will work only with a fully
installed Shut Down Expert.
General
usage:
--event <event_name> [--param
<param_name>] [--interval <interval_minutes>]
[--idle] [--target <target_comp>]
[--password <password>]
Shut
Down Expert - Mobile Client PPE is a client application
for Shut Down Expert, designed to run on Pocket
PC devices with Windows Mobile 5.
Shut
Down Expert - Mobile Client SPE is a client application
for Shut Down Expert, designed to run on Smart
Phone devices with Windows Mobile 5.
With these
applications you can schedule remote events from your Pocket
PC/Smart Phone on a desktop or laptop pc with Shut Down
Expert installed, through a bluetooth/Irda connection.
Now you can transform your Pocket PC in a powerful remote control.
Shut
Down Expert SDK:
SDEController
is a free Delphi / C++Builder component, designed for software developers,
to integrate Shut Down Expert in their applications.
Use SDEController component to easily schedule Shut Down
Expert events from your application.
SDEController Delphi / C++Builder component was
created as an independent part of Shut Down Expert SDK,
whose purpose is to help integrating Shut Down Expert
in other applications.
What's
new:
- Windows Vista support - please note that for some features,
like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager"
you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut
Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it
will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
- Wake-up Manager -
manage the
applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
- now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful
remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
- auto update notification
- new remote event communication protocol
- delay startup applications with a number of seconds
- send private messages to other Shut Down Expert
users
- wake up remote computers through the Internet
- custom event support
- grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you
can schedule remote events on more remote computers in the same
time
- new command line interpreter to schedule events from command
line or batch file
- support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate
Shut Down Expert in user applications
- some bug fixings and improvments
You
can freely use this program within 20 days from the date of installation.
A necessary condition of the further usage of Shut Down
Expert is the registration of this product.
One license of Shut Down Expert is available for
one computer. You can check the volume discount prices in the table
below:
The
license key is delivered by e-mail.
Once you register Shut Down Expert all future upgrades
will be free!
In accordance with the extension of Shut Down Expert's
functions we shall increase the price of registration. Therefore
register it right now!
If you buy more
licenses, you can ask for a license file integrated in the installation
setup, to install the application easier on more computers.
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German translation
by: Eliza Simon & Daniel Simon
Polish translation by: Dariusz Godziebski
Korean translation by: Taewon Yun
Italian translation by: Fabrizio Degni
Simplified Chinese translation by: Zhong Wu (redibis@sohu.com)
Valencian translation by: Vicente Adam (http://vjatv.iespana.es)
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