How to automatically shut down pc after non use

[insanepuppet]

I recently purchased a ssd and I was curious if there was a way to have my computer automatically shut down after so many minutes of non use? From what I've read I could schedule it in the task scheduler, but I'm not looking for a certain time for it to shut down. Maybe a third party program?

Thank you for your help in advance. I'm running Win 7 Ultimate x64

 

[nikorr]

U can hibernate it. That is not good enough?

 

[nikorr]

Or try this "Automatically Turn Off Your Computer With Shutdown Timer [Windows]"

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/automatically-turn-computer-shutdown-timer-windows/

Shutdown Timer
http://sinvise.net/software/shutdown-timer

 

[4745454b]

I would just use hibernate/suspend. Go into the power scheme and have power down after whatever time frame you want. I haven't had a lot of luck getting this to work on a desktop, but if you want to there is nothing stopping you from trying.

 

[mcnumpty23]

you can do it with this software--i use it all the time

http://www.ampsoft.net/utilities/WinOFF.php

 

[drthrd]

Not sure if you can find a free program to do it but if you are willing to pay look at this http://www.barefootinc.com/autoshutdown.htm .
http://www.barefootinc.com/autoshutdown.htm#features
I have used it before and it was good then. Not sure if it does exactly what you want though.
Look around at some good download sites like http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwshutdown.html and http://fileforum.betanews.com/browse/System-Utilities/Shutdown-Utilities. You will just have to look around and try unless someone knows a programs that will do that one thing for you.

Mcnumpty23 just posted a good one lol. Thank you mcnumpty23.

 

[mcnumpty23]

Not sure if you can find a free program to do it but if you are willing to pay look at this http://www.barefootinc.com/autoshutdown.htm .
http://www.barefootinc.com/autoshutdown.htm#features
I have used it before and it was good then. Not sure if it does exactly what you want though.
Look around at some good download sites like http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwshutdown.html and http://fileforum.betanews.com/browse/System-Utilities/Shutdown-Utilities. You will just have to look around and try unless someone knows a programs that will do that one thing for you.

Mcnumpty23 just posted a good one lol. Thank you mcnumpty23.

you are welcome

i even use it to shutdown once my pc has finished downloading stuff by using the network activity option

 

[nordlead]

The problem with shutdown after x minutes of no activity is that it will close applications and possibly lose work. So, if you have a doc file open and walk away to take a dump or get distracted by a phone call the computer could wipe out your work.

Making the computer go to sleep (or hibernate) is much safer for your files. Sleep works awesome in Windows 7 for me and I'm yet to use hibernate.

 

[mcnumpty23]

The problem with shutdown after x minutes of no activity is that it will close applications and possibly lose work. So, if you have a doc file open and walk away to take a dump or get distracted by a phone call the computer could wipe out your work.

Making the computer go to sleep (or hibernate) is much safer for your files. Sleep works awesome in Windows 7 for me and I'm yet to use hibernate.

the software i posted also has the options to sleep and hibernate as well as shutdown

 

[insanepuppet]

AMP WinOFF does exactly what I wanted plus its freeware. Thank you very much. Plus I can set it for when other conditions are all met at the same time, so I just set it for when there is no user activity and my network usage is low. Will just open uTorrent when I need to keep my computer on. So technically, even better than what I was looking for

 

[insanepuppet]

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[nikorr]

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