Nanny Shutdown

System Requirements

Windows 2000/XP/2003

File Size : 13.3 MB   Version: 1.2   Author: komma.be

This tool will automatically shutdown your computer after consuming a predefined time credit a day. I made this tool to temper the time my kids were playing computer games. Perhaps also a solution for computer widows or widowers.

Features:

• You can apply a time credit to the total computer or to each user individually. If you specify it at the user level, the first time the user is logging on, he/she will be asked to specify the personal time credit. You can stop and restart your computer as many times a day you wish. The tool will take into account all those different timeslots.
• Supports multiple spoken languages.
• At the user level you can specify a unlimited time credit (shutdown will never happen to this user)
• This tool runs in the system tray, as a 'power plug' icon. If you hold the mouse pointer on it it shows your daily time credit left.
• During the last hour the user will be notified multiple times with spoken warnings. (1hour - 30min - 15min - 10min - 5min - 1min). I specially designed it this way so it will not interferes games with pop-up screens. You will hear the messages even in the middle of your favorite game.
• You can have Nanny Shutdown to start with each computer boot.
• Each day your time credit is refreshed. A new day start at midnight.
• If you ignore the vocal warnings, your computer will shutdown. If you restart afterwards the computer will shutdown again after 5 minutes. Or you should logon with a user who owns still time credit. Counters are reset each day.
• You are free to change the content of the spoken messages. Just keep in mind to respect the exact filenames and file type (.wav)

• System tray icon is right click enabled. Options depend of user rights (administrator or user) The administrator is the user who made the first program start and went over the first configuration window. All other users will have the user level. There can only be 1 administrator.
• The only right click option for users is the about window. In this window you discover your rights and which user owns the administrator rights.