Shutdown via Screensaver

Thanks, but the idea is not user-friendly enough.
I think that if a user is actually logged in, he/she should have some kind
of warning (1 to 2 minutes), before shutdown.

Regards, Bjørn



"Sparda" <UseLinkToEmail.RemoveThis@www.windowsforumz.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Why donâ?Tt you write a "screen saver" your self?
> I will even give you the code I would use (asuming your writing it in
> C++ and then Visual C++ 6).
>
>>#include <iostream>
>>using namespace std;
>>
>>int main()
>>{
>>system("shutdown -s -f");
>>return 0;
>>}
>>
> Once compiled to exe, rename the exe file to scr (scrs are exes), put
> it in the system32 directory, specifie the screen saver. Hay presto!
> when ever the screen saver activiats, the computer shuts down! You
> will also have to specifie this as the default screen saver for when
> no one is logged in, this can be changed in registray key
> HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop.
>
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You could write one in Visual basic then, using the same method, except, you have a single form, that has one button on it (the cancle button) then a timer on that form that counts down from 2 moniets to zero seconds, and once it's got to zero seconds, it executes the shell command to forcivly shut down (shutdown -s -f). The problem using this is that it will forcivly close programs, so if it shutsdown the computer and a user dosnt notice, then it will lose any work they havent saved.
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Infact, just to see how easy it is, I just wrote it now, it's faily simple, and looks like this:
Version 0.5 (origional desighn):

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Image URL: http://sparda.hopto.org/shutdown.png


Version 1.0 (better desighn):


I wrote it in VB .NET, if you don't have VB .net, I can rewrite it for VB 6, if you don't have either, then I can give you the compiled exe (along with the source), but one, (at least from your point of view) it should be classed as untrust worthy (since I'm not an expert programmer, nor am I a company that publishes programs), and two if you need to edit the shutdown timer, you would have to ask some one with VB 6 or .NET to change it in the source.
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You could also try a Scheduled Task which can be done from the command line
[see link below] for XP Pro computers and distributed via Group Policy
"startup" script. For instance try schtasks /create /tn autoshutdown /tr
"shutdown -s" /sc onidle /i 60 /ru "system" which would shutdown a computer
that has been idle for 60 minutes . --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;814596

"BUR" <bur RemoveThis @jellingnet.dk> wrote in message
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>I am trying to make a screensaver shutdown the computers in our domain.
> I have found several screensavers on the Internet, and they all claim to
> make use of Force Shutdown.
> When a user is logged on, it works all right, even when the user has open
> apps and/or files.
> BUT: When no user is logged on at all, nothing hapens. The screensaver
> starts all right, makes it's specific kind of countdown, and then, for
> some reason, it can not shutdown the computer.
> By guess is that it has to do with the setting of some kind of local user
> rights.
>
> Anyone - any ideas ?
>
> Regards, Bjørn, Denmark
>
>
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