SoftwareMiser

AllOff Version 1.0 - Released 12th December 2007
A combination of CPUOff and KeyOff. AllOff shuts down a computer when there has been no keyboard or mouse activity and the processor load is below a preset threshold plus the network is off after a programmed period.

LANOff Version 3.1 - Released 19th December 2007
Adds Hibernate support. Now correctly removes the Start Up Group when upgrading or changing the installation. No longer supports a Quick Launch icon and installs for all users. Log file date format made consistent throughout the log file. Configuration file can only be edited by users with administrator permissions. Improvements made to log file format, some error messages and error handling plus minor layout changes. Now inhibits Test button in shutdown mode. Clicking test on main program now put slaves into test mode. LANOff monitors network connections and optionally initiates computer shutdown if the network connection to specified computers is lost. It can be initiated either manually or automatically via the Windows Task Scheduler.

EnCalcL Version 2.5 - Released 27th December
Various minor changes to improve compatibility with Vista. Configuration file moved to the Data directory. Minor improvements to error messages and log file format. Minor corrections to tool tips. Help updated. Negative numbers now displayed in orange. Default costs updated. EnCalcL calculates the cost of purchasing and running water using appliances, allowing two alternative items to be compared under the same conditions or the true cost of one item to be worked out simply.

CPUOff Lite Version 1.5 - Released 3rd January 2008
CPUOff Lite monitors the average CPU usage of a computer and initiates shutdown when the CPU load is less than 15% for more than 60 second. Minor update to improve Vista compatibility

KeyOff Lite Version 1.2 - Released 3rd January 2008
KeyOff Lite monitors keyboard and mouse activity and initiates computer shutdown if there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for 15 minutes. Minor update to improve Vista compatibility.

EnCalcEU Version 3.0 - Released 10th January 2008
EnCalcEU calculates the cost of electricity, allowing both the real cost based on meter readings and forward prediction based on the readings and elapsed time to be calculated. Now calculates the actual and predicted CO2 generated. Compatibility with Vista improved. Now requires administrator privileges to install and update defaults. Installation is now for all users. A number of minor corrections to error message plus error handling improved. Help updated. Fixed a bug where ’says data not changed’ when data error in the previous calculation corrected. Currency symbols now update correctly if changed between calculate and save. Fixed a bug where a corrupted log file causes a run time error. Now correctly deletes the start up group when required on upgrade. No longer creates a quick launch icon. Now removes quick start and desktop icons on upgrade before adding new ones. Clicking Clear now disables the save button. Minor formatting and tool tip changes.

EnCalcLU Version 1.1 - Released 10th January 2008
EnCalcLU calculates the cost of water use, allowing both the real cost based on meter readings and forward prediction based on the readings and elapsed time to be calculated. Now needs administrator permission to install and change default values. Now installs for all users and no longer creates a quick start icon. The start up group is now correctly deleted on upgrade when required. Help updated. Improvements made to error handling plus minor formatting changes and tool tip changes. Log files moved to separate directory. Clicking clear now disables the Save button. Fixed a bug when the output data was not cleared from a previous calculation if an error in data entry occurred. Compatibility with Vista improved.

CPUOff Version 5.0 - Comining Early February 2008
CPUOff monitors the average CPU usage of a computer and initiates shutdown when the CPU load is less than a preset threshold for a specified period of time. It can also be used to shut down a remote computer. Changes include minimise to syatem tray and domain name addressing plus a number of bug fixes.

KeyOff Version 2.0 - Comining Early February 2008
KeyOff monitors keyboard and mouse activity and initiates computer shutdown if there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for a specified time. It can also be used to shut down a remote computer. Changes include minimise to syatem tray and domain name addressing plus a number of bug fixes.

AllOff Version 2.0 - Coming Early February 2008
AllOff monitors cpu usage, keyboard and mouse activity and initiates computer shutdown if there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for a specified time and the CPU load is less than a preset threshold for a specified time. It can also be used to shut down a remote computer. Changes include minimise to syatem tray and domain name addressing plus a number of bug fixes.

LANOff Version 4.0 - Coming March 2008
LANOff monitors up to four remote computers from a client computer and optionally shuts down the client and specified remote computers when the network fails or the specified computer shuts down.Changes include minimise to syatem tray and domain name addressing plus a number of bug fixes.