AMP WinOFF 4.55

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Description

AMP WinOFF is an utility designed to schedule the shut down of Windows computers, with several shut down modes and fully configurable. Some of its features are:

Scheduled shut downs, either at a set time (e.g. 12:00 PM) or after a period of time (e.g. 1 hour and 15 minutes).
Perform a shut down when the CPU becomes idle.
Several types of shut down (shut down, restart, close session, power off, administrative shut down/restart, suspend, hibernate and lock computer).
Immediate shut down and computer lock from the task bar icon menu.
Several security options including anti-close protection and password protected access to the configuration.
Option of capturing the desktop, executing a program and/or hang up the modem before the shut down.
Command line support for batch processing.
Dual English/Spanish version.

Download

From Tucows (fast download with multiple mirror servers, recommended):

From AMPsoft.net: Installer (756 KB) ZIP File (716 KB)

What's new

Version 4.55

The interval for shut down can set also in days.
Fixed: the program failed to restore the main window from the taskbar icon if a secundary monitor was connected or disconnected while the program was active.

Version 4.51

Fixed a bug in the anti-close protection.

Version 4.50

Added administrative shut down & restart, both in local and networked computers.
Improved program protection: if the program is killed, it can restarted itself automatically or it can perform an emergency shut down (now this works with Windows 2000/XP/Vista too).
Improved interface: added a menu bar and moved the action buttons to a toolbar. Also, now you can enable and disable the shut down from the taskbar icon.
Added a button in the shut down confirmation dialog for reactivating/postponing the shut down.
If the program is already active and it's launched again, the running copy is activated instead of showing a warning message.
Modified the color of the timer display graphics in order to make them more readable.
Fixed some bugs that prevented using the WIN key in a keyboard shortcut.
Added a help file.
Some other minor changes and fixes.

Version 4.21

Fixed some problems with the CPU load meter.

Version 4.20

Full support of Windows XP Themes (using Windows XP Theme Manager by Mike Lischke).
Added an option for explicitly reactivate or not the last programmed shut dow. This allows running the program at session start without activating last shut down.
Related to the previous point, the shut down reactivation works now with all modes.
Changed the way the shut down by idle CPU works: now it's based in CPU use percentage instead of using CPU idle percentage (which was rather confusing for some people).
The "Shut down now" menu/button now display a menu for choosing the type of shut down, instead of using the last used shut down type.
The shut down date (if any is used) is shown in the display.
Fix: programming a shut down doesn't prevent the shut down of the system via the Start Menu.
Fix: now you can specify command line parameters for the program that is executed before the shut down.
Some other minor changes and fixes.

Version 4.10

Added an option for hiding the tray bar icon (stealth mode). In this mode, the configuration windows can be accessed using a hotkey.
The cancel button of the shut down warning window now could be disabled, adding the possibility of showing a warning without allowing cancelling.
Added help hints for all options.
Fixed the bug when using settings for all users: Now restricted users can read the global configuration.
Previously, changing the display options from the tray icon menu make permanent that changes, although Save of OK buttons hadn't be used. Now that changes are temporal.
Some other minor changes and fixes.