Schedule shutdown

How to turn on and off the computer at the time you want Most people have the habit of browsing the internet before bed or while lying down. One problem with this "mania" is the fact that the person may fall asleep and leave the computer on for hours, resulting in large battery depletion and excessive energy consumption, or even a shocking electricity bill over time.

To resolve this simple problem, you can apply a Shutdown Scheduler which can schedule shutdown of your computer. They can be used to auto shutdown or auto restart your PC at the time that suits you best. Thus, you need not worry about the uptime of your machine.

The program used in this tutorial is the Shutdown Scheduler feature of Amigabit PowerBooster. To download it, you can visit amigabit.com. It is a free program, feel free to download it.

Once the download is finished and you open the program, click the expert mode tab and

then select “tools� to enter System Utilities Window, then select Shutdown Scheduler to schedule shutdown for your computer. Now, you can set the hours of operation of your PC now. Select the Shutdown Computer option to set auto shutdown your computer after a period of time or before a specific time. Besides, you can also select the Restart Computer option to auto restart your computer after several hours or before a specific time point.

You can check which days of the week that this program will work and the time at which the computer will be turned on ("Start") and off ("End"). With this, the PC will only work during the period of time chosen, which prevents waste of energy efficiently.