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Some free utilities that may make your computing experience a little better. All these were developed and copyrighted © by Spencer Schroeder AKA CrazyOne unless indicated otherwise.

SHUTDOWN AUTOMATION

Shutdown/Restart

For Win2000 and XP. The utility is non-configurable and its main use is for using the Task Scheduler to turn off or restart the machine. It will not prompt for saving any current open files nor will it save any open files. It commences directly into shutting down the machine. Once invoked it can't be stopped. To have the machine do a Restart use the following switch /r
Example C:\Shutdown\Shutdown.exe /r

Also you can create two shortcuts and place them on your Start Menu and assign a hotkey to each shortcut. One shortcut would be for powering down the machine and the other would be for restarting the machine using the /r switch.
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Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Runs programs at system startup or shutdown
You can specify different conditions under which your programs should be started
You can activate programs at specific times or on specific days of the week.
Runs programs only once a day if you want to
Shutdown the system automatically to a specified time
Shutdown the system automatically if it is idle for a specified amount of minutes
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Wizmo developed by Steve Gibson

"Wizmo is a multipurpose, miscellaneous Windows function, "catch all" with a growing list of uncommon but useful features and capabilities."

SHUTDOWN TRIGGER COMMANDS
DRIVE OPEN (EJECT) and CLOSE (LOAD)
WINDOWS SCREEN SAVER COMMANDS
WIZMO'S SCREEN SAVER COMMANDS
AUDIO CONTROL COMMANDS
GRAVITON SCREEN SAVER PARAMETERS
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PsShutdown Copyright © 2000 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals

This is a clone of the NT/Win2000 resource kit shutdown utility with the same options without having to buy the Resource Kit.
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Exit Windows Copyright © Marty List
JSI FAQ

"Exitwindows.exe doesn't have the remote shutdown capability of shutdown.exe from the Resource kits (Windows 2000 or Windows NT), but it does have the ability to initiate a power down, which shutdown.exe does not."
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If you have the Win2000 Resource Kit it to has a shutdown utility.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/rktour/server/S_tools.asp
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Registry Backup

For Win2000 and XP. Not tested on NT 4 but it should work for this platform. This utility is non-configurable and is for those who are experienced in using the Recovery Console. Registry Backup NT will make a copy of the current values of these registry hives and the current users NTUSER.dat.

DEFAULT
SAM
SECURITY
SOFTWARE
SYSTEM

They will be placed in the %SystemRoot%\MyRegBak. MyRegBak is not a system folder however for those who know the limitations of the Recovery Console will understand the reason the MyRegBak needs to be within the %SystemRoot% directory. The utility will create the MyRegBak and a sub folder named Previous. The utility will move the hives currently in the MyRegBak folder to the Previous folder before backing up the current registry. This way you have two restore points to work with.

If you want to use this with the Task Scheduler then use this switch /T in the command line which will automate the process. Example: C:\RegBack\RegistryBackupNT.exe /T To set the switch, when you schedule the task using the wizard one of the windows will have this option 'Open advanced properties...' when you see it click on it then click the 'Finish' button and in the next window in the box labeled 'Run:' add the /T switch at the end of the command line. Make sure there is a space between RegistryBackupNT.exe and /T. There is no need for a log file because all you need to do is check the time stamp on the files in the %SystemRoot%\MyRegBak folder for verification that the backup took place. If you get an 'Access Denied' error message then you need to open regedt32.exe and set the permissions for that hive to 'Full Control'. This utility is recommended for administrator level accounts only.

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Flip Startup Items Version 1.1.0.1
Updated June 14 2003

Experienced users who understand how Windows uses the registry and the Startup folder for launching programs when Windows starts should only use this utility. And understands what All Users and Current User mean. The basic premise of this utility is to Flip the explicitly selected startup items in the chosen list to the other list. In this case there are two lists. The Startup Items for All Users and Startup Items for the Current User. Keep in mind if you flip items from the All User list to the Current User list then those items will no longer be listed in the All User List once Flip Startup Items has been shutdown. Hence you can only at this time Flip items from the All Users list to only one Current User. Plus the Current User should have administrative privileges for registry read/write access to the startup items. And full permissions to the Startup folders.

To use first choose which list you want to Flip from by clicking on one of the two text items you see in the center left of the Flip Startup Items screen there are two choices

Flip All To Current (Will flip the chosen items in the "Startups for all users" list to the "Startups current all user" list)
Flip Current to All (Will flip the chosen items in the "Startups for current user" list to the "Startups for all users" list)

Flip All To Current is the default.

Flip All To Current
or
Flip Current to All

choices to select in the list that the Flip went to and put a check mark by the item or items you did not mean to Flip and then click the "Apply" button again to reverse the mistake.

Note the changes you see is real time, which is to say the registry changes have been made, and the shortcuts in the Startup folders have been moved when you click the "Apply" button. So be sure of your changes before shutting down Flip Startup Items.

Only these registry keys are being used in Flip Startup Items

HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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Flip Desktop Shortcut Items Version Version 1.0.0.0
June 14 2003

Experienced users who understand how Windows houses shortcuts on the Desktop should only use this utility. And understands what All Users and Current User mean. The basic premise of this utility is to Flip the explicitly selected Desktop items in the chosen list to the other list. In this case there are two lists. The Desktop Shortcuts for All users and Desktop Shortcuts for Current user. Keep in mind if you flip items from the All User list to the Current User list then those items will no longer be listed in the All User List once Flip Desktop Shortcut Items has been shutdown. Hence you can only at this time Flip items from the All Users list to only one Current User. Plus the Current User should have administrative privileges for registry read/write access to the startup items. And full permissions to the Startup folders.

To use first choose which list you want to Flip from by clicking on one of the two text items you see in the center left and center right of the Flip Desktop Shortcut Items

Flip All To Current
(Will flip the chosen items in the "Desktop Items for all users" list to the ""Desktop Items current all user" list)
Flip Current to All
(Will flip the chosen items in the Desktop Items for current user" list to the Desktop Items for all users" list)

Flip All To Current is the default.

Hence the list that you see that has the check boxes in it is the list that will be the one that is Flipped will come from. Just place a check mark by the items you want to Flip and then click on the "Apply" button. If you make a mistake then use the
Flip All To Current
or
Flip Current to All
choices to select in the list that the Flip went to and put a check mark by the item or items you did not mean to Flip and then click the "Apply" button again to reverse the mistake.

Note the changes you see is real time, which is to say the shortcuts in the Desktop folders have been moved when you click the "Apply" button. So be sure of your changes before shutting down Flip Desktop Shortcut Items.

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Run App After Computer is Locked Version 1.0.0.1

For Win2000 and XP, not tested on NT 4.
It runs a program determined by the user when ever the Workstation is explicitly locked. It does not consider a password protected screen saver as locking the Workstation.

To configure which program it is to run right click on the icon in the System Tray and select "Configure". In the text box enter the full path, including any switches, for the program you want "Run App After Computer is Locked" to run. Also to the right of this text box is another box for setting how long for "Run App After Computer is Locked" to delay in seconds before running the program after the Workstation is locked. Then minimum delay is 5 seconds, the maximum delay is 300 seconds, the default delay is 15 seconds.

After you have configured it then click the Apply button then Click the Finish button.

If you want "Run App After Computer is Locked" to run at startup put a shortcut to it in your startup folder or the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup or enter it the path to "Run App After Computer is Locked" in one of the following registry keys.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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