SmartPower

Even if you don’t shut it down when not used, your computer can be set to use little to no power. As such, SmartPower comes as a lightweight application designed to help users turn off their computer or put it in the hibernate mode according to some user-defined settings.

It boasts a clean and straightforward layout that allows you to set up the dedicated parameters with minimum effort.

SmartPower gives you the possibility to make the computer stay on if certain conditions are being met. You are allowed to set up a schedule for each day of the week and specify the start and end time.

The tool is able keep the computer on when users are active, user-defined IP addresses or hostnames are available, traffic on a network is above a threshold value, or when the CPU exceeds a given value.

Other important conditions worth mentioning are represented by the possibility to create a list with running processes, stop and start user-defined services, as well as specify a time delay before the tool powers off your computer.

During our testing we have noticed that the program accomplishes a task very quickly and without errors throughout the entire process.

It doesn’t eat up a lot of CPU and memory, so the overall performance of the computer is not burdened. Since it doesn’t require much computer knowledge to work with this tool, even rookies can master the entire process with minimum effort.

To sum things up, SmartPower offers a handy set of parameters for helping power off your computer or put it in the hibernation mode. Thanks to its intuitive interface, it is suitable for beginners and professionals alike.