PC shutdown prog?

botheredbothered Manchester UK
edited August 2003 in Science & Tech
Is there any way to automatically shut down a PC at a set time? I would like to prevent my kids from staying up all night, Asking, Telling etc has no effect. They spend enough hours on them during the day. I would like them to turn off at say midnight, preferably with some kind of count down warning. It would have to be 'reasonably' tamper proof.

bothered.:banghead:

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  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Don't about any programs but what would stop them from turning it on again?
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    Ideally I would set it to be off between certain hours unless a password is entered. I used to use Access denied but that only prevents the PC from booting until you enter a password. In this age of security and child protection surely there is something out there. If I was capable I'd write one myself, I'm sure it would sell.
    Thanks for replying.

    bothered.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2003
    ...but this looks like it might fit the bill. You can try it out free, and it only costs $9.95 for the "Lite" version.

    You can find it at Aye Software.


    Prof
  • hoojhooj Bournemouth, UK
    edited August 2003
    create a new shortcut on your desktop then in the window that opens enter "shutdown -i" in the target field (without quotes), click next, then give it a name and then click finish.

    Now when you run this shortcut u can shutdown any system on the network, all you need to do then is schedule a task to use this program to shutdown the pc when you require.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    If it's 2k/XP/2k3, can you enter some security stuff in the accounts so that they can only logon at certain times?
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    Cheers Hooj but I think I'll go with profdlp's suggestion, Looks like exactly the right thing. I've just downloaded it and will give it a try.
    Thanks guys.

    bothered.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2003
    The only thing that wasn't clear to me is whether it can be turned off easily.

    If your kids are like my daughter, they will figure that out very quickly.:p


    Prof
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    I know. I can't say too much as they may read this but they don't 'mess' with PCs much, Just use them a lot.

    bothered.
  • NecropolisNecropolis Hawarden, Wales Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Bothered,

    You have to give kids credit, unless it has a password they will find a way round it. ;)
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Why not just a passwordprotected screensaver? That way, you can still fold if you have installed F@H to run as a service.
  • NixxerNixxer Nottingham, UK
    edited August 2003
    Mackanz said
    Why not just a passwordprotected screensaver? That way, you can still fold if you have installed F@H to run as a service.

    But there has to be some inactivity for the screensaver to come on.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    Downloaded it and gave it a try. There's a function on it to set the PC clock to an atomic clock, So I did, It set it to 12 Dec 2099 and wouldn't let me put it right. I uninstalled it and reset the clock. I thought I'd use the registry cleaner I got in power tools from the download section 2 days ago to make sure it had all gone. It said my 30 day trial period had expired. Grrrrr!
    I emailed Aye software and they replied saying "older versions may not get the correct time, download the latest version"
    But I just downloaded it...........didn't I?
    There may be an update when you pay, Still going to get it.

    bothered.
  • CBCB Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Der Millionendorf- Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Is it possible to use windows scheduling program to start the F@H screensaver? That still wouldn't stop them from reseting the computer, but you could set up a bios password, so that they can't do that. But, that means that they would have to come to you everytime they start the computer...

    If you need to resort to drastic measures, you could install one of those timers that people plug their lamps into when they go on vacation, that turns the power on and off at set times. If you installed that behind the outlet that the computer's surge protector is plugged into, you can be sure that they will remember to save their game before the witching hour.
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    I ran the Aye shutdown on PC1 with no problem. It just kept giving me a runtime error on PC2. I emailed Aye about it and after several emails they said they would rewrite the prog for me and be in touch in a couple of days. I thought they were fobbing me off but today I recieved another email from them saying the new prog was ready. I downloaded it and it runs like a dream, AND they know I wanted to run it on another PC. This was at no extra charge. Now THAT'S service!
    Thanks Prof.

    bothered.:thumbsup:
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited August 2003
    Sweet!
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited August 2003
    That sounds almost too good to be true. It's nice to know there are still companies that actually support their products.

    How do your kids like it? ;)
  • Red-DawnRed-Dawn Been kidnapped and being held hostage in Edinburgh
    edited August 2003
    profdlp said
    How do your kids like it? ;)

    I bet they're lovin it ;D;D;D
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited August 2003
    Funnily enough the've just accepted it. They do get plenty of time on them as it is.
    Sometimes a parent has to do what a parent has to do!

    bothered.
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