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PShutDown v1.2.1.0 New

joby_toss on 20 May 2013

PShutDown is a small, very easy to use application specially designed to help you schedule various actions.

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System Requirements: WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ProjectShutdown.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Shutter; TimeComX
What's new? Added manual relative paths support for USB flash drives use.

System Scheduler Free v4.21 New

Checker on 11 May 2013

System Scheduler Free schedules unattended running of applications, batch files, scripts etc. It is a replacement for Windows' own scheduler, with more flexibility and features. You can also schedule popup reminders so you'll never forget those important appointments and things to do. Reminders, tasks and other events can be set to run once or every minute, hour, day, week, month or year etc.

The program also includes it's own scripting tools for mouse, keyboard, and other operations.

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System Requirements: Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Last window location is written to Windows registry, while the scheduler database is written to the local directory.
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice.
  2. The application files are in the {app} folder.
  3. Launch Scheduler.exe.
What's new? New:
  • Email Event Status/Success/Failure notifications (in Advanced - Notifications)
  • Colors in GUI to indictate status of events
  • Event details panel in GUI - provide more info about selected event
  • Option to prevent event running if previous instance is still running
Improved:
  • Wakeup Computer, improved compatibility with Windows 7 & 8
  • Compatibility, minor imrprovements for Windows 8
  • Send Email feature can specify From Name, in addition to email address
  • Macros can be included in additional fields such as Parameters / Filename
  • UAC handling for Vista and higher improved
  • Additions to sending mouse commands: MOUSEMOVE and MOUSETOW (move mouse to specific named window)
Fixed:
  • Process Watcher list/features in Windows 64bit
  • When running many (10+) Window Watcher events in the same minute, event trigger may get missed
  • When many (3+) users are simultaneously logged in using the SAME user name, event trigger may get missed
  • Open Folder/File button not working on some versions of 64bit Windows
  • Minor GUI improvements and minor bug fixes
Compatibility:
  • Automatic Login feature for Vista and higher removed (not working consistently with certain security policies)
Latest comments
Stephan P on 2008-09-18 04:01

Errr,
What's the point of a portable (USB) replacement for the Windows Scheduler? And if there would be a point, doesn't this disqualify itself for writing to the Windows Registry?

Duane on 2008-09-18 05:27

Hey, nice to see other PowerPro users.

alvin on 2008-09-18 13:24

I got rid of Windows Scheduler and use nnCron instead. Very simple, flexible, and it uses the unix crontab format.

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Don't Sleep v3.00 Updated

Checker on 11 May 2013

Don't Sleep helps prevent system Shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart operations. This is useful to help prevent automatic system actions that may interfere with a presentation or other work.

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System Requirements: Win98 / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DontSleep.exe.
What's new?
  • Small adjustments
  • Updating the language files
Latest comments
cikenkari on 2011-04-11 11:47

it dosn't work for me sorry,
i'm using antiscreensaver http://eng.softq.org/small_utils.htm, it's just work fine!

Beau on 2012-02-05 17:25

I've been using Don't Sleep for some time now and it works great for me. It updates frequently but I never had a problem with the many previous versions. I use it when doing routine unattended maintenance, when making large backups and downloads.

allclownsareevil on 2012-02-05 19:20

I think "Don't Sleep" should win an award for the most updated program on TPFW. :-) Works well though, thanks.

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Easy Timer v2.6 Updated

Checker on 22 Apr 2013
  • 503KB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by dmg

Easy Timer is a simple and minimalistic clock/alarm timer with over 35 alarm sounds. It supports extensive interface customization and displaying a custom text message with the alarm. By default, the timer's progress shows over top of the regular clock in red.

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System Requirements: WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes. If launched with -portable parameter, otherwise saves to AppData.
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch with "EasyTimer.exe -portable".
What's new?
  • smarter timer setup
  • new option to display the alarm countdown on the clock
  • preview for the systray balloontip message
  • better time synchronization
  • visual progress bar on taskbar
  • high resolution program icon

Ten Timer v1.0.8 Updated

Checker on 9 Apr 2013
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Suggested by Checker

Ten Timer is a simple, multiple-timer app that supports up to 25 countdown as well as count-down timers. The program is great for multitasking many things at once such as cooking, cleaning/soaking, or for helping keep track of how much time something has taken (a race or other complex sequence).

Supports hotkeys, the ability to stop/start/reset all timers.

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System Requirements: Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes. "Check for updates" (DCUpdate file) is not stealth. It writes Ten Timer.dcupdateredirect file to user\all\DonationCoder\DcUpdater\RedirectFiles
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TenTimer.exe.
What's new?
  • The first timer label is no longer focused when starting the application.
  • Pressing the escape key no longer closes the app.