Shutdown Timer

Shutdown Timer is as lightweight piece of software that enables you to schedule a power management option for your computer, such as shutdown and restart, at a specified time and date. It features just a couple of practical settings that can be easily configured by all types of users.

Setting it up takes minimal time and effort, as long as you keep in mind that .NET Framework must be installed, since it was developed with the aid of this platform.

The tool creates an icon in the systray at startup and gets minimized there to become minimally invasive and let you carry on with your normal desktop activity while facilitating quick access to its control panel and while silently counting down time left until triggering the power feature.

The control panel has a simple design and layout, giving you an overview of all options available. It's possible to pick the date by consulting a calendar, set the time in hours, minutes and seconds, as well as choose the power mode between shutdown, restart, hibernate and log off.

Moreover, you can view the current system time, activate silent mode to disable any tray notifications, deactivate sound, or prevent the tool from minimizing to the systray.

Although it hasn't received updates for a long time, we haven't experienced compatibility issues with newer Windows models in our tests. It didn't put a strain on the machine's performance, using low system resources.

On the other hand, it doesn't implement other useful options, such as reminding you about an imminent shutdown to give you time to cancel the task if you forgot about it while it was running in the background. Countdown mode is not integrated either. Nevertheless, Shutdown Timer requires little configuration and it's easy to use.