Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:57:08 -0400 From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fw: [langalist] LangaList Standard Edition 2002-04-22
Here's a utility I intend to try with my Librettos. From LangaList. > 5) Automatic Power-Off From DOS > > When you exit Windows, you have several choices. On newer PCs, this > includes a total shut down where the system power goes off, just as if > you'd pushed the power switch. > > DOS doesn't offer this. There are software tools to automate a reboot in > DOS (see the free reboot tool at http://mindprod.com/products.html ), > but--- until I got the following note--- I knew of no way to do an > automatic, software-driven total power-off shutdown from DOS: > > Fred, PowerOff.exe is a 835 byte (less than 1KB!) file which > will turn off the computer from DOS. It uses APM (Advanced > Power Management) to work with the BIOS and actually power > down the computer. It works in DOS the same as "Shut Down" > does in Windows. Some users may find it useful for their clean- > up batch files. It's freeware, available at > http://elektron.et.tudelft.nl/~witteman/PowerOff.html I've > looked and looked, and this is the only one of its kind I've > been able to unearth.--- Bruce Fraser > > Thanks, Bruce! > > The developer says: > > Poweroff.exe is an MSDOS program that is able to shutdown the > power of the latest ATX power supplies from the command line > using the APM functionalities supplied by the motherboard > BIOS. Poweroff.exe is to DOS, what Shutdown is to Win9x. > > But note that this software can only do what your hardware allows: On > older PCs (where Windows gives a "Safe To Turn Off" message instead of > turning the system all the way off on its own), this DOS software also > probably won't be able to do a complete software-driven shut down. Older > system hardware just isn't set up for that. > > But if Windows *can* turn off your PC all the way, then this software > probably also will give you that ability from DOS. Nice! ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
