Entru Inc. publishes Auto Shutdown

Entru Inc. publishes a proprietary version of Auto Shutdown based on my open-source Auto Shutdown.

The initial version published by Entru Inc. is almost the same as my open-source Auto Shutdown.

Auto Shutdown

Auto Shutdown Snapshot

Auto Shutdown helps you to schedule Windows shut down and define global keyboard shortcuts for different shut down actions (i.e. turn off, restart, log off, stand by & hibernate).

Different types of time scheduling is supported in Auto Shutdown. You can schedule Windows to turn off at a specific time and date, at specific times on specific week days, after a specific period of time from now, or at a specific time after system reboot.
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Startup Manager

Startup Manager Snapshots

Startup Manager is a free utility for Microsoft Windows users, which helps them to have a better control on Windows startup items. For inexperienced users, Startup Manager is able to generate HTML reports of their current system startup items and system configurations which could be send to a more experienced user to be analyzed.
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vBulletin PM Reader

vBulletin PM Reader

Many online forums use  vBulletin as their forum engine. For each forum user, vBulletin provides a limited inbox for private messages. It also lets users to download their inbox as a single XML file.

vBulletin PM Reader is a free utility for managing your private messages in different vBulletin forums locally. It imports XML files generated by vBulletin, parses all the messages, and stores them in a local database.

I developed vBulletin PM Reader for personal use. I used to receive many private messages from users in some of the forums I was a member, but my Inbox folder could have had only 50 messages. I was looking for a way to keep track of all the messages I receive; therefore, I created vBulletin PM Reader. Later on, I thought there might be other people who have the same problem, so I published vBulletin PM Reader here.
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