Shut Down Expert
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Contents:
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1. Description
2. System requirements
3. Installation
4. Registration
5. International support
6. Contact us


1. Description
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Shut Down Expert is an award-winning software designed for turn off and wake up your computer programmatically. 
It is extended to support other programmable local and remote events. 
It works under any 32 bit Windows operating system. It supports more type of events:

- Turn Off (turn off the computer)
- Turn On (this option will hibernate the computer and will turn it on at the specified time. This is a revolutionary new solution to help you to save power, protect your computer, escape from unnecessary noises and be online when is necessary)
- Restart (restart the computer)
- Log Off (log the current user off)
- Turn Off Monitor (turn the display off)
- Screen Saver (turn the screen saver on)
- Standby (go in Standby)
- Hibernate (hibernate the computer)
- Wake Up (wake up the computer from Hibernation, Standby, Monitor Off and Screen Saver modes)
- Start Application (execute an application)
- Close Application (close an application)
- Empty Recycle Bin (clear the Recycle Bin)
- Empty Clipboard (clear the clipboard)
- Eject CD-ROM (eject the specified CD-ROM device)
- Close CD-ROM (close the specified CD-ROM device)
- Capture Screen (capture the screen to bitmap)
- Message (message alert)
- Beep (beep alert)
- Sound (sound alert)
- Mute On
- Mute Off
- Send Message (send a message over the network)
- Download (download a file)
- Custom keyboard events

You can also generate remote events on remote machines if your IP address is set as a server on the remote machine.

At the setting of the event's execution time you can choose between more options: 

- You can specify exactly the date and the time of the event (At...)
- You can specify an interval of time relative to a specified date and time (From...In...)
- You can specify an interval of time relative to the actual moment (In...) 
- You can specify an event that will be executed in that moment (Now)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every day (Daily)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every business day (Business Days)
- You can specify a time when an event will be executed every weekend day (Weekend Days)
- You can specify a time and day when an event will be executed every week (Weekly)

The settings will be available after a power failure or a restart of the computer too. 

You can specify more events in the same time and the events will be executed in the order of the time specification. The program will monitor the usage of the CPU and the lifetime of the battery and will show them in charts. This is a very useful feature for portable computers. 

Shut Down Expert supports DCD infrared remote control receivers through WinLirc. In this way you can control your computer through any remote control.

The program contains a Startup Manager module to manage the applications that start with the operating system. 
	

2. System requirements
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- Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003;
- At least 1Mb free HDD space;
- Mouse or other Windows pointing device;
- Using of normal fonts is recommended
- For the power off function an ATX power supply is necessary
Optional:

3) Installation
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To install Shut Down Expert simply unzip shoutdownexpert.zip and start
ShutDown.exe, or open the shoutdownexpert.zip with WinZip and use Install function.


4) Registration
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You can freely use this program within 20 days from the date of
installation. A necessary condition of the further usage of Shut Down Expert
is the registration of this product.

You can register it at the following link:
https://secure.shareit.com/shareit/checkout.html?productid=185568&language=English

Please, pay attention, that the registration key, which you receive
at registration, is personal and is not subject of transmission to
other persons.

Once you register Shut Down Expert all future upgrades will be free!

In accordance with the extension of Shut Down Expert's functions we shall
increase the price of registration. Therefore register it right now!


5) International support
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At present there are English, German, Spanish, Hungarian and Romanian versions of Shut Down Expert. If you are
interested in supporting other languages by Shut Down Expert, please,
contact us.


6) Contact us
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Send your problems and remarks by e-mail to support@zylsoft.com.


THANK YOU FOR USING OUR SOFTWARE.
