Though the normal shut down options in Windows are sufficient for most users, but some of us surely encounter such times, when we need to have more control over shutdown like scheduling a shutdown etc.

Smart Shutdown is one such freeware Windows utility that gives you much more control and options for shutting down PC.

With its tiny interface, it provides two options to trigger shutdown, first one is On Idle Action which lets you Shutdown, Hibernate, Log off your PC after specified interval of inactivity.

Another option is to execute the selected action after a specified interval or at some specified time. For example, you could schedule a shutdown at specified time.

The options(Settings > Global Options) panel lets you configure a lot. You could ask Smart Shutdown to empty Recycle Bin on Shutdown or it could forcibly end all running tasks and then shutdown the computer(Fast Shut Down).

You can also shutdown computers on your network using Smart Shutdown. You can configure the message it’ll show up on other computer’s screen before shutting down.

Besides these, there is a lot more it can do to give you more control over shutdown. You may discuss other features of Smart Shutdown in comments below.

Get Smart Shutdown [Via: gHacks]

Further Reading: Create a desktop shortcut for Shut Down