Lately I got used to falling asleep while watching TV on my laptop and as my TV-tuner software is quite primitive and doesn't have the option to shutdown the computer after a predefined period of time, I started to search the web for a simple shutdown timer application. I didn't want a fancy application with a lot of options just a basic program that will enable me to select a period of time after which the system would shutdown and that, if needed, could cancel the shutdown command.
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As the first two applications found by Google that met my over demanding request were not free I decided to write my own program. I remembered a nice and useful piece of code I once stumbled upon on Torry's Delphi Pages that enables a process to aquire privileges on WinNT platforms. I used it to aquire the 'SeShutdownPrivilege' and after that, the rest of the program was done in no more than 15 minutes.
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You cand download a fully working version of Shutdown Timer (source code included) by clicking here or from the Downloads box (ShutdownTimer.zip). Ohh ... and here is a screenshot of my latest mesmerizing achievement in the field of computer software:
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As the first two applications found by Google that met my over demanding request were not free I decided to write my own program. I remembered a nice and useful piece of code I once stumbled upon on Torry's Delphi Pages that enables a process to aquire privileges on WinNT platforms. I used it to aquire the 'SeShutdownPrivilege' and after that, the rest of the program was done in no more than 15 minutes.
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You cand download a fully working version of Shutdown Timer (source code included) by clicking here or from the Downloads box (ShutdownTimer.zip). Ohh ... and here is a screenshot of my latest mesmerizing achievement in the field of computer software:
Application platform: WinNT
Edit: Application now supports one command line parameter: a numeric value indicating the number of minutes till shutdown.
Edit: Application now supports one command line parameter: a numeric value indicating the number of minutes till shutdown.
4 comments:
Ciprian, this was exactly what I needed.. Thanks =)
Nice work. Can I also use it in a script with a parameter for the time, so I do not have to click at the start button?
Regards, Hein de Vries
Not yet sadly ... but I hope to have this implemented in the next couple of days :D
Done :) ... application now supports a numeric parameter indicating the number of minutes till system shutdown.
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