I was actually unsure whether to call System Silencer freeware or shareware. While the application itself is free, there are "extras" that are only sent to "donors." It's not crippled in any way, it doesn't nag you, and none of the extras are vital per se. I still decided to go with shareware, as it is obviously an application that's expected to generate some revenue. But the way the developer goes about it is very graceful and unobtrusive, so that's nice.
Now, let's talk about what this thing does; it provides you with a long list of actions you can have your computer do once you leave it idle for a while. You can set it to do things like mute the sound (and then unmute it for you when you come back), minimize all windows, hide certain windows, kill certain processes, run programs, and of course - lock the workstation altogether.
Each operation can have its own timeout. So, you can have your desktop computer mute the sound once you leave it for three minutes, and then it can lock the workstation if you don't come back for 10 minutes.
I think it's handy for desktop computers more than laptops (leaving your laptop to fend for itself is not such a great idea under most circumstances), but it does have "Battery mode" and "Desktop mode" checkboxes for each operation. That means you can have your laptop automatically lock itself within one minute of idle time when it's running on battery power (for example). It's pretty fine-grained.
System Silencer is fully portable and resides within a single EXE file. It does create a silence.cfg file when you first start it up, though, so don't put it on your desktop (unless you enjoy having extra icons that don't do anything).System Silencer controls what happens when you leave your computer originally appeared on Download Squad on Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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