Is there a way to flash the screen or something to reminder me at certain time?

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cfman

Hi all,

Is there a way to flash or quiver the screen at 12:30am every evening to
reminder me that it's time to go to sleep?

I always forgot time when I am at computer and thus I sleep very late, which
is not good at all.

I can definitely schedule a shut-down at 12:30am, but with many windows
opened, a forced shutdown will lead to data-loss for me.

Please give me some ideas!

Thanks a lot!
 
There are many ways. Download an alarm clock program off the internet or
simply create a notepad text file that says go to bed. Schedule it to run
at 12:30 every day. You could also schedule a sound to play at that
particular time.
 
LVTravel said:
There are many ways. Download an alarm clock program off the internet or
simply create a notepad text file that says go to bed. Schedule it to run
at 12:30 every day. You could also schedule a sound to play at that
particular time.
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No I want something that's even harshier. Something that will flash the
screen or freeze the screen so I won't be able to continue work on my
computer. The only thing I can do then is to save all the works I have(this
may take a while), and then I put the laptop into hibernation and I go to
bed...

Any more thoughts?

Thanks
 
cfman said:
No I want something that's even harshier. Something that will flash the
screen or freeze the screen so I won't be able to continue work on my
computer. The only thing I can do then is to save all the works I have(this
may take a while), and then I put the laptop into hibernation and I go to
bed...

Any more thoughts?
Click to expand...

Schedule a shutdown!

John
 
|
| | > cfman wrote:
| >
| >> | >>
| >>>There are many ways. Download an alarm clock program off the internet
or
| >>>simply create a notepad text file that says go to bed. Schedule it to
| >>>run at 12:30 every day. You could also schedule a sound to play at
that
| >>>particular time.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >> No I want something that's even harshier. Something that will flash the
| >> screen or freeze the screen so I won't be able to continue work on my
| >> computer. The only thing I can do then is to save all the works I
| >> have(this may take a while), and then I put the laptop into hibernation
| >> and I go to bed...
| >>
| >> Any more thoughts?
| >
| > Schedule a shutdown!
| >
| > John
| >
|
| Wish I had said that!
|
|

You could look into something like this:
http://www.download-by.net/home-and-hobby/health-and-nutrition/241556,userhealth.html

~Gary
 
Gary said:
|
| | > cfman wrote:
| >
| >> | >>
| >>>There are many ways. Download an alarm clock program off the
internet
or
| >>>simply create a notepad text file that says go to bed. Schedule it
to
| >>>run at 12:30 every day. You could also schedule a sound to play at
that
| >>>particular time.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >> No I want something that's even harshier. Something that will flash
the
| >> screen or freeze the screen so I won't be able to continue work on my
| >> computer. The only thing I can do then is to save all the works I
| >> have(this may take a while), and then I put the laptop into
hibernation
| >> and I go to bed...
| >>
| >> Any more thoughts?
| >
| > Schedule a shutdown!
| >
| > John
| >
|
| Wish I had said that!
|
|

You could look into something like this:
http://www.download-by.net/home-and-hobby/health-and-nutrition/241556,userhealth.html

~Gary
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Great! but they don't have hibernation option, only shut-down ?
 
Gary said:
|
| | > cfman wrote:
| >
| >> | >>
| >>>There are many ways. Download an alarm clock program off the
internet
or
| >>>simply create a notepad text file that says go to bed. Schedule it
to
| >>>run at 12:30 every day. You could also schedule a sound to play at
that
| >>>particular time.
| >>>
| >>>
| >>
| >>
| >> No I want something that's even harshier. Something that will flash
the
| >> screen or freeze the screen so I won't be able to continue work on my
| >> computer. The only thing I can do then is to save all the works I
| >> have(this may take a while), and then I put the laptop into
hibernation
| >> and I go to bed...
| >>
| >> Any more thoughts?
| >
| > Schedule a shutdown!
| >
| > John
| >
|
| Wish I had said that!
|
|

You could look into something like this:
http://www.download-by.net/home-and-hobby/health-and-nutrition/241556,userhealth.html

~Gary
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Gary, I don't need something like this. I also don't think it will meet the
requested specifications of the OP either.
 
LVTravel said:
Gary, I don't need something like this. I also don't think it will meet
the requested specifications of the OP either.
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It's okay, the only problem it has that it does not have hibernation option,
it will lead to a forced shutdown. Then I lose all opened
applications/documents...
 
In
cfman said:
Hi all,

Is there a way to flash or quiver the screen at 12:30am every
evening
to reminder me that it's time to go to sleep?

I always forgot time when I am at computer and thus I sleep
very
late, which is not good at all.

I can definitely schedule a shut-down at 12:30am, but with
many
windows opened, a forced shutdown will lead to data-loss for
me.

Please give me some ideas!

Thanks a lot!
Click to expand...

Make sure you have Hibernation enabled in Control Panel ->
Power Options. Set up a scheduled task to run the following
command @ 12:30 AM.

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

What you're working on will be available when you start your
computer again.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Nepatsfan said:
In

Make sure you have Hibernation enabled in Control Panel -> Power Options.
Set up a scheduled task to run the following command @ 12:30 AM.

%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

What you're working on will be available when you start your computer
again.

Good luck

Nepatsfan
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Great! I will try it out! Thanks
 
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