System Control 1.0 Gadget « Build.A.Gadget

Seems like it's been a while since anything went on around here, but trust me, we've been cranking on some stuff you're really going to like.

First up on that list is this little gem, the System Control gadget. Basically, with so many shutdown gadgets floating around on the gallery, we figured we'd take a shot at it and see what we could come up with.

Features:

9 Different Function Buttons (Shutdown, Restart, Lock, Switch User, Task Manager, StandBy, Run, LogOff, and Command Prompt)

10 Different Skins (Might Seem Like A Small Number Until You See...)

2 Different Sizes (Small Holds 3 Buttons Per Screen, Large Holds All 9)

Buttons Can Be Re-Organized, Disabled / Enabled

In-Gadget Confirmation for Shutdown, Restart, StandBy, and LogOff

Lock Button To Disable The Panel

Bottom Text (Can Be Set To: 3 Different Time Formats, Date, Overall CPU Usage, Overall RAM Usage, Nothing)

Pretty Sweet Settings Panel

Persistent Settings (Via XML!)

Yeah, we like it. We hope you'll like it too. There may be upgrades in the future, we'll have to see.

Download:

Click here for more info / download.

Enjoy! :)

Darell

Keep working, great job!

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eBay Success Kit

Really great post, I think this is really helpful to many people.

ries

thanks

Wahoo

Thank you for sharing!

admin

Okay, so I was wrong. StandBy isn't Hibernate, but not every Vista install has Hibernate. Probably why I didn't see it initially.

However, SyandBy does seem to occupy the same space as Sleep. It pretty much does the smae thing (the difference between Hibernate and Sleep is that Hibernate actually powers off versus Sleep which uses low amounts of power).

So for the moment, use the StandBy button for Sleep and we'll be working on figuring out a way to get everything to play nice with each other. Whether it comes down to clarifying buttons or adding in some new buttons is still up for debate.

Ben

Hi...just want to confirm...

Is Standby the same as "Sleep" on Vista?
If not, which button is?

Cheers,
Ben

Standby is hibernate. I know it's a bit confusing at first, but they pretty much do the same thing on 95%+ computers. We'll keep in mind a button option for the next upgrade though.

Matt

Hey, this would be a work of art, except for one thing.

IT NEEDS HIBERNATE!

Matt.