Final Countdown

Final Countdown is a small-sized and portable program that you can use to schedule the PC to automatically power off and perform other actions.

It comes bundled with intuitive options that can be easily tweaked by all user levels.

Since there is no setup pack involved, you can drop the executable file anywhere on the hard disk and just click it to run.

There is also the option of saving Final Countdown to a USB flash disk or similar device, to be able to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no prior installers.

The interface is based on a clean and intuitive layout, where you can configure a countdown by setting the number of days, hours and minutes.

Once you select the power management function between shutdown, restart, sleep, hibernate, log off and lock, you can set the timer.

It is possible to create shortcuts to countdown configurations, and select a preset timer profile. As far as program settings are concerned, you can change the UI language, theme and menu position, disable animation, ask the app to minimize to the system tray area and remember the last timer set.

A good night mode can be enabled for establishing a delay time until the volume fades out, while an anti-guest mode can be activated for locking the workstation immediately or if the system has been idle for a long time. The preset profiles can be customized as well. These are just some of the options that can be tweaked here. Plus, settings can be restored to default.

Final Countdown is very light on the system resources, executes a command rapidly and did not hang, crash or pop up error dialogs in our tests. In conclusion, Final Countdown proves to be a resourceful application for scheduling PC shutdown.