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Software pick: Switch Off

YaSoft Switch Off - Switch Off is a tiny easy-to-use tray-based system utility that can automatically perform various frequently used operations.

- Scheduled and immediate options for:
   Shutdown / Restart computer
   Log-off user
   Lock WorkStation
   Disconnect dialup connection
   Standby / Hibernate (power saving options)
   Fast restart (Windows 95/98)
- Customizeable Web interface (mini HTTP server)
- WAP protocol support.
- Simple intuitive multi-language interface
- Can work everytime when windows is running, even at logon screen.
- Command line support (including timer setings)

I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time now. The primary incentive being to control some aspects of my PCs using WAP. Hopefully there will be a new version out soon that expands the level of control further.

<Edit> And hopefully this version will fix the WML errors also. Had to fix up part of the invalid code because it refused to display on my mobile. Something about sending ampersand (&). I checked out what the WML manual had to say about this and apparently ampersand is a special character in WML. Thus, when passing more than one value in an href you should use ‘&amp;’ or ‘&#38;’ instead of just using ‘&’. But that fix only goes so far …
The URLs are in the form of action.wml?action=Quit&<!– #AUTH# –> which obviously isn’t even close to validation. The problem is that the mini HTTP server isn’t capable of php parsing or any type of scripting asfaik. And I have no idea what the software assumes that <!– #AUTH# –> will contain. I was unable to send the login data with the URL for some reason so eventually I edited away the “comment tag” surrounding #AUTH# and now everything seems to be working. At least on my mobile and that is the important thing, right? ;) </edit>