Auto ShutDown is a tiny but powerful tool that lets you schedule an automatic shutdown for your computer.

This is a portable product, so installing Auto ShutDown is not necessary. You can simply place the app on an USB flash drive and use it on any computer. Also, the registry keys from your Windows will not be affected.

The interface of the program consists of a very small window in which you have limited options. So, all you have to do is select a time for the shutdown task (from 00:00 to 23:59) and press the "Schedule ShutDown" button.

Below it you can see that the status has changed from "Idle" to the new message. In addition, you can cancel a scheduling task.

CPU and system memory are barely  used by this little application, so it shouldn't be a problem to run Auto ShutDown on older computer systems. There's also a help file at your disposal. We haven't come across any kind of problems during our tests.

Unfortunately, your options are limited within this tool. For example, you don't have the possibility of scheduling a shutdown for another day. Also, you cannot select other power management options, such as hibernation, restart or log off. So, experienced users would probably be disappointed from this point of view.

The fact of the matter is that Auto ShutDown is a simple but straightforward program that can schedule a shutdown task and we strongly recommend it to all users.