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

Features:

• Auto Shutdown is open-source, and does NOT install any Ad ware or Spyware.
• Auto Shutdown lets you define different types of time schedules.
• Auto Shutdown lets you define different keyboard shortcuts for different type of shut down actions.
• Auto Shutdown works with all versions of Windows (i.e. Windows 98 up to Windows Vista).

Considerations:

• In Windows 2000, XP, and Vista you need to have proper administrative permission to shutdown Windows.

Versions:

• 1.1.0(53) : (2010/11/28)
  • Some minor bugs are fixed.
• 1.1.0(50) : (2010/04/25)
  • Added customizable warning timeout.
  • Added taskbar progress bar for warning message in Windows 7.

• 1.0.0(46) : (2010/04/02)
  • Bug in weekly scheduler is fixed (See Liza’s comment below).
  • Some minor GUI updates, and bug fixes are done.
• 1.0.0(42) : (2009/12/01)
  • GUI is updated.
  • Some minor bugs are fixed.
• 0.8.8(23) : (2009/10/29)
  • Vista & Windows 7 support is added.
  • If  Hibernate or Stand by are not available, a balloon hint will be shown instead of an interrupting dialog box.

• 0.8.7(15) : (2007/01/07)

System Requirements:

• Windows 9x, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7.
• 1 MB free space on hard disk.
• Consumes about 5 MB of system memory.

Video Tutorial:

Auto Shutdown Video Tutorial done by DownloadTube.com.

License:

Auto Shutdown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License.

Downloads:

Download Auto Shutdown source code

Download Auto Shutdown Installer

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.

Features:

• Startup Manager is a Freeware and does NOT install any Ad ware or Spyware.
• Startup Manager is able to look for startup items in fifteen different Registry keys, “Win.ini” and “System.ini” files,  and different system folders which could contain startup items.
• Users are able to roll back changes in startup list by re-activating/deactivating each startup item.
• For each startup item and Windows Service; its current memory consumption, properties of the executable file and the folder which contains the executable file could be seen only by one click.
• Lists all Windows installed services : Name, Type, Path, Description, and Startup Mode (NT based operating systems only).
• Windows services are color coded based on their status (Auto Start, Manual, Disabled, Not Running).
• User can change Startup Mode of the selected service.
• User can search in WEB for the selected startup item or Windows service.
• Shows detail information about installed hardware and software.
• Generate HTML reports from all the startup items, Windows services and system information. This report file can be send to a more experienced user for troubleshooting, or could be used as a configuration backup.

Versions:

• 1.3.1 (54) : (2007/12/21)  (Current Version)
  • Added: Sort to Startup Items list.
  • Added: Search in web for startup items and Windows services.
  • Added: Info Tip to Startup Items list.
  • Added: Filters to services list.
  • Added: Highlighting Manual services.
  • Added: Properties, Find Folder, Process Info for Windows services.
  • Added: New user interface (Vista look).
  • Fixed: Bug in saving changes if backup data file is missing.
  • Fixed: Services list gets empty after HTML report is generated.

• 1.0.0 (50) : (2007/01/05)
  • Some bugs are fixed.

• 0.9.1 (48) : (2006/11/07)
  • The first released version.

System Requirements:

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP (Windows services are only available on NT based operating systems i.e. Win2000 & XP).
• 1.25 MB free space on hard disk.
• Consumes 7.5 MB to 9 MB of system memory.

Video Tutorial:

Startup Manager Video Tutorial done by DownloadTube.com.

Download:

Download Startup Manager

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.

Features:

• vBulletin PM Reader is a Freeware and does NOT install any Ad ware or Spyware.
• BBCodes are supported for formatting text. Supported tags are: [B],[U],[I],[URL],[CODE],[IMG],[RIGHT],[CENTER],[LEFT],[RTL],[COLOR],[SIZE],[QUOTE].
• Smilies are supported in messages. Users can have different smilies set for different forums.
• vBulletin PM Reader can search for any particular message in its database. Search filter could be a combination of folder name, sender or receiver name, date/time, or message subject.
• vBulletin PM Reader lets user to have different database files to store messages from different online forums.
• Messages are stored according to their folder name and they could be sorted by their date, subject, sender or receiver’s name.
• Duplicated messages are recognized automatically and could be reconciled by user.
• Unwanted messages could be deleted from database.
• Each message could be exported to a HTML file.
• Right-to-Left reading is supported in preview pane.

Considerations:

• vBulletin PM Reader needs Microsoft Jet Engine as database provider. MS Jet Engine is installed by MS Windows and MS Office installation packages, but if you are using an old version of Windows (e.g. Win95 or Win98), you should download and install MS Jet Engine from Microsoft website before using this software.
• Formatting text in QUOTE and CODE blocks might be added to the software in later releases.
• Supporting Similes might be added to the software in later releases.
• Two sample XML files will be installed in the installation path.

Versions:

• 1.0.1.41 : (2008/06/05)  (Current Version)

• Fixed bug caused by IE7
• Message navigation buttons are added to toolbar.
• Some minor bugs and memory leaks are fixed.

• 1.0.0.37 : (2007/03/15)

• BBCode Text formatting are supported now.
• Smilies support is added for each data file.
• XML Importer code is optimized.
• Exported files are text-formatted.
• Some minor bugs and memory leaks are fixed.

• 0.9.2.22 : (2006/12/05)

• Toolbars and menu customization is added.

• 0.9.2.21 : (2006/11/25)

• The first released Beta version.

System Requirements:

• Windows 98, Me, 2000, XP.
• 1.30 MB free space on hard disk.
• Memory usages is depended on database size, but the minimum consumption is 12.5 MB.

Download:

Download vBulletin PM Reader