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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $24.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: July 21, 2008
- Total Downloads: 85,094
- Downloads last week: 216
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 25 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Although Windows includes a built-in scheduling utility, Auto Power-on and Shut-down simplifies such tasks. True to its name, the program mainly lets you schedule your PC to start up and shut down at regular intervals. You can configure the application to boot up or shut down your PC on a daily or weekly basis, and you can schedule such events down to the very second. In addition to its main job, the program lets you schedule tasks such as opening a URL or a file, launching a program, playing a sound file, or locking the computer. Auto Power-on and Shut-down also supplies a few nice bonus features, such as tools for saving power and syncing your PC's clock with atomic servers. The utility's clean tabbed interface is a bit sparse for our tastes, but it is logically arranged, and even inexperienced users should get up to speed quickly. We found some of the prompts confusing, though. As in most programs, quitting triggers a confirmation box; however, clicking OK doesn't stop the app but keeps it running in the system tray. But minor annoyances aside, both parents and system administrators will likely find this program a handy addition to their computers.Publisher's description
From LifSoft :An easy to use application that allows you to control your computer resume from power-off state (hibernation) or wake up from sleep mode (stand by). It is a good power management application, which has a clean and easy-to-manage task schedule that allows you to open files, play sounds, run programs, close programs, open a Web site, show a message, and make your computer power on, stand by, hibernate, shut down, or reboot etc. at any specified time. It also supplies a useful feature for record and playback a keyboard/mouse macro.
Version 2.20 adds the checkbox to activate the hot panel for Quick Launch tools on the system tray icon.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.20 adds the checkbox to activate the hot panel for Quick Launch tools on the system tray icon.
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User reviews of Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 25 votes
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Version: Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
"Registering loads Trojen (Keylogger)"
Pros: Useful features
Cons: Trojan tries to install when registering. Nobody responds mails reporting the problem with registering.
Summary: The features are very useful, but Trojans in registration procedure are of course not acceptable. No response to the mails asking for checking this and helping to register SAFELY is also not acceptable. Better to loose 25 USD then put the system to ... read more >>
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Version: Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
"Do not download. Has trojans galore in it."
Pros: Absolutely no pros. Unfortunately I had to give it a star because cnet system would not allow me to comment without. Actually should be no star.
Cons: Extremely disappointed in cnet for allowing a program like this to be on your website. McAfee caught over 10 trojans before I just stopped the installation. Please be more responsible cnet since you even state that this program is spyware free.
Summary: Do not download.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
"ANOTHER TROJAN - MY 3RD ONE OF THE NIGHT - I QUIT!"
Pros: All I want is to shutdown my PC. SHEESH! My antivirus never picked it up. But I stepped it thru OllyDebug and it changes a VERY IMPORTANT REGISTRY KEY ->> WATCH !!! --> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
Cons: Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Security\AntiPhishing\B3BB5BBA-E7D5-40AB-A041-A5B1C0B26C8F]. Altering IE7's BUILT IN antiphishing protection is never a good sign that thIs particular programmer loves you.Summary: It Iinstalled a keylogger & potential rootkit, tho I'm not sure. It made a HTM file & a DAT FILE called
B3BB5BBA-E7D5-40AB-A041-A5B1C0B26C8F.dat, safely hidden away in local settings, where you'll never see it. it's not in hex, must ... read more >> -
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Auto Power-on and Shut-down 2.20
Pros: Set the shut off time and the idle time and forget it.
Cons: none at this time
Summary: Good way to save on energy.
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