Auto Shutdown Manager Saves Energy, Saves Time and Improves Security. Key features: **Reliable: Runs in Windows Service Mode - even if no users are logged on to the system. **Idle Shutdown Timer: The Idle Shutdown Timer can be made dependent on running applications or the utilization of background processes - as well as almost any other system component such as network throughput, CPU or HDD load and even the sound level of the microphone ? if desired. This ensures the maximum of savings by avoiding unwanted shutdowns. **Scheduled Shutdown: A shutdown can be programmed for any time or different time patterns such as daily at 11pm or every Friday night at 2am. ** Save Documents and Flexible Shutdowns: Not only the shutdown mode can be selected flexibly for different times? such as standby, hibernate, restart or power off depending on weekday or time-- but also if open documents should be saved automatically before the shutdown gets executed. **Wake Up: Machines can be awoken via a Timer from sleep ? or via Wake On LAN (incl. VMs) from a central server. Auto Shutdown Manager supports so called local broadcasts, directed broadcasts as well as WOL Proxies to make sure Wake On Lan works across different Networks, VLANs and even the Internet. **Client Server Model: Auto Shutdown Manager can operate as a standalone installation or in a client server model. An Auto Shutdown Manager Server can manage thousands of clients; manage their settings by groups, policies, WOL schedules, maintenance plans, statistics and much more. This allows an easy and reliable management of thousands of clients from a single central place. **References: ASDM is being used by hundreds of thousands of power users, universities, schools and colleges, small, medium and large sized enterprises and some fortune 500 companies from all over the world. After 45 days the trial release converts into a free Light Edition which can be kept for private use.