hi, although i haven't used these particular free programs to do what you want to do they can be used together to do exactly this plus much more. the lady who wrote them sadly died a few years ago but her programs are still available to download. so if you visit: www.karenware.com then click on the link for free programs and then you need to download the 2 programs: show stopper and count down timer the first one allows you to create short cuts to do all sorts of things including shutting down the computer, and you use the second one to create a timer that can activate programs and shortcuts at a particular time or date and you would use it to activate the shortcut that you create for shutting down the computer. pete. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq