Product FAQ - Free Auto Shutdown
Q 01: What is Free Auto Shutdown?
Q 02: Why do I need Free Auto Shutdown?
Q 03: Do I lose any work when the computer is powered down?
Q 05: Does it work with Windows Vista?
Q 06: Can I turn my laptop off on an exact future day by using Free Auto Shutdown?
Q 07: Is Free Auto Shutdown difficult to use?
Q 08: Do I need administrator privileges?
Q 09: Do I need to pay for it?
Q 10: What if I have a suggestion?
Q 01: What is Free Auto Shutdown?
A: Free Auto Shutdown is simple yet powerful software that helps in scheduling your computer' actions of turn off, restart, standby and hibernation intelligently and hence lets you sleep while listening to your favorite music, downloading that huge file or having an installation complete without worrying about shutting down your computer.
Q 02: Why do I need Free Auto Shutdown?
A: As we all know, computer makes our life and work much easier.
In this modern society, we cannot even live without it. We also need to shut off
our computers to keep them secure or save power, etc. However, some people are not
good at remembering to shut off computers. Some people are always on the go and
cannot shut down Windows in time. Sometimes, some important applications need to
be running for a long time with computers on when we need to shut down windows.
Sometimes we may want to listen to music or watch movies before sleep and are reluctant
to get up to shut computers off.
Free Auto Shutdown comes with a solution, which is free auto shutdown software providing
users with an innovative way to monitor and control the hows and whens of computer
shutdowns. With simple and high customizable time setting, it can shut down, hibernate,
stand by or restart the computer automatically at a scheduled time.
Q 03: Do I lose any work when the computer is powered down?
A: Free Auto Shutdown provides several shutdown types for your choice. To protect your data safety you may choose to hibernate your PC. This makes a copy' of your workspace to harddisk so when you power your computer back up, all documents and applications are open and ready to use.
A: If you are in the middle of something when a shutdown activity is scheduled, 60 seconds by default before the scheduled shutdown, a dialog will pop up on you screen alerting you to the fact that your computer will shut down in 60 seconds and starts a countdown. Of course, you have a choice to abort the scheduled power down.
Q 05: Does it work with Windows Vista?
A: Yes. As for Windows Vista series, it supports Windows Vista
Starter, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business,
Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Utimate, WinVista x64, Windows Vista Home
Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista
Enterprise x64, and Windows Vista Utimate x64.
In addition, Free Auto Shutdown supports windows2000, windows2003, win2000, winXP,
Win7, Windows 8.
Q 06: Can I turn my laptop off on an exact future day by using Free Auto Shutdown?
A: Yes. You have all rights to do this. Free Auto Shutdown supports 3 ways to schedule time, and one of them is that users can designate a specific future time to have their computers restarted, hibernated, shut down, etc. What's more, Free Auto Shutdown has a considerate sign with a calendar appearing when you try to typing in an exact date.
Q 07: Is Free Auto Shutdown difficult to use?
A: No. Free Auto Shutdown is extremely easy to use. Being a veteran or not, you can easily schedule your customized time for different computer actions in its straightforward and user-friendly interface.
Q 08: Do I need administrator privileges?
A: No, you don't need such privileges.
Q 09: Do I need to pay for it?
A: The answer is 100% "NO". We DO NOT charge any downloading or extra fees for Free Auto Shutdown is totally free. You will be able to use it on your computer for as long as you need to. And software updates are also free for life.
Q 10: What if I have a suggestion?
A: We welcome every user's ideas and improvements. You can send them to us by email: support@free-auto-shutdown.com . Additionally, your testimonials are important to us.