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Program your PC to turn off automatically by asigning which time you want it to do that

Step 4Run your script...

double click on the VB program you just saved and see the magic!
you will be first prompted by an input askig you wether you want to shut down or not as show in the figure. if you do not choose to shut down by typing no the program will end automatically...
if you choose to shutdown by typing yes you will be prompted by another input asking the number of minutes you want your PC to stay turned on as shown in the figure below.
and then the shutdown countdown will start
if you want to end that shutdown for any reason just rerun the program while the shutdown is taking place and type no and it will terminate autonomously!

So that was a solution for a problem that a lot of PC users suffer from! hope you liked my instructable
if you do, please leave a comment i will be so pleased to hear from you.
GOOD LUCK and GOOD NIGHT!

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5 comments

Oct 11, 2008. 6:29 AMbrandegor says:

I bow down before thee (I haven't tried it yet, though) but have been baffled for quite some time why the virus scan developers don't include a "do you want to shut down after scan is complete" thing. I mean DUH. You are my god now. Thanks!

Oct 15, 2008. 12:30 AMSCRIPTmaster (author) says:

I am working on the website for the program that i told you about, i will finish it this week hopefully and the program will be available next week(the BETA version) and then i will be making release after release, each with bug fixes and new cool things! when everything is ready i will post the link here on the comments! ;)

Oct 12, 2008. 2:59 AMSCRIPTmaster (author) says:

thanks man! just wait a little and you will see the next version of this great program! i am almost done writing the program and i will make t available free for download in the coming weeks. The new one is much advanced! it has more options and has animations and its writen in java! once i upload the program to the net i will PM you! ;)

Sep 5, 2008. 1:34 PMrosscopico0 says:

Brilliant! I love it! My wife & I have wanted something to shut down the pc automatically for ages. Well done, kudos to you!

Jul 21, 2008. 1:35 PM

jphphotography says:

I just tried your script using Vista and I heard the voice tell me how many minutes before shutdown however no program window appeared to countdown the time. Any idea why this would happen? Luckily I only put the time as 30 minutes so we'll see if it actually shuts down. Great idea though, I can't think of how many times I wanted to do this.