TOP - Vista Shutdown Control

TOP - Vista Shutdown Control is a lightweight Vista gadget built specifically for helping you shut down, restart, or lock your computer right from your desktop.

The widget was designed with an overall simplicity in mind, so it doesn’t offer support for many dedicated parameters.

Triggering the desired action seems nothing but a piece of cake, as you only need to click on the corresponding icon, and it automatically carries out the task. The tool displays the time in the main window.

What’s more, you are allowed to customize the layout of the gadget by selecting from different preset colors.

The lack of configurable settings can be good news only for rookies, as they can learn to set up the dedicated parameters with minimum effort. On the downside, you are not allowed to schedule a shutdown, restart, or lock session.

Additional options give users the possibility to select the size of the gadget (small or large), choose the opacity level, as well as make the tool remain on top of other utilities. Plus, you are allowed to move the widget to any area of the screen.

During our testing we have noticed that the widget accomplishes a task very quickly and without errors throughout the entire process. As it would be expected from such a small utility, it remains light on the system resources, so it doesn’t hamper computer performance, nor interfere with other programs’ functionality.

To sum things up, TOP - Vista Shutdown Control seems to be the right-choice in case you are looking for a simple-to-use gadget that comes bundled with only a few functions for helping you shut down, restart, or lock your computer on the breeze.