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Jeremy
02-13-04, 07:21 PM
apart from holding down the power button for 4secs or switching teh psu off or unpluggingn it, is there any software that can force windows to do a full and safe shutdown after pressing the power button on a case?

qball15j
02-13-04, 07:23 PM
In your display properties, go to screen saver tab, click power under monitor power, click advanced tab.... That what your looking for?

Jeremy
02-13-04, 08:41 PM
actually iwas thinking more like some physical action to turn off a computer that has no monitor or mouse or keyboard.

normally i just added a mouse and put a script file on the desktop that shut down the computer, and i had to move the mouse around double clicking until i hit it.

i was thinking about burning a cd with an autorun.inf pointing to a shutdown script, and then all i'd have to do is insert hte cd to shut down the computer

qball15j
02-13-04, 08:48 PM
Originally posted by Jeremy
i was thinking about burning a cd with an autorun.inf pointing to a shutdown script, and then all i'd have to do is insert hte cd to shut down the computer
That would be pretty sweet but would seem kind of annoying after a while.

Scott
02-13-04, 09:19 PM
Can't you just remotely log onto it and shut it down?

Rivas
02-14-04, 12:41 AM
trojan horse can do that :D
what i do remember back orifice could do that ..but it was very long time ago ;)

and its not safe

Jeremy
02-14-04, 10:14 AM
normally i can turn it off remotely, yes, but i don't always have the other computers on, and i want a quick and easy way to do it rather than rely on another computer to do it.