Solved Log off & Standby in 1-Click ?

TheArt · Oct 25, 2011

Hey all I was wondering if I can log off from my account and standby my computer in one, or two clicks.
Currently I've to do the following: Start / click on the white arrow / log off / clicking the arrow of the red icon on the right / Standby

I know it may be considered a silly request but doing it several times a day can be a little frustrating..

Thanks in advance.

EDITED.

boohbah · Oct 25, 2011

what about using a gadget, second row ,second from the right.

Desktop gadgets - Microsoft Windows

FliGi7 · Oct 25, 2011

Here you go:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61430-sleep-shortcut-create.html

Corazon · Oct 25, 2011

Not sure what the point of logging off before putting the machine to sleep is, anyway?

Manigue · Oct 25, 2011

Corazon said:
Not sure what the point of logging off before putting the machine to sleep is, anyway?

Assuming that logging on is password protected, if anyone wakes up the PC, they will not be able to use it without logging in. That's how I do it anyway.

Corazon · Oct 25, 2011

Exactly! Even without logging off, if you put the PC to sleep you still have to re-enter your password after waking it up. Except you don't actually have to log in (as in reload the user profile), because the user was never logged off.

Manigue · Oct 26, 2011

Corazon said:
Exactly! Even without logging off, if you put the PC to sleep you still have to re-enter your password after waking it up. Except you don't actually have to log in (as in reload the user profile), because the user was never logged off.

Hummm; if my PC goes to sleep from the desktop, it will wake up at the desktop (no log-in required). If set to sleep after a log-off, it will wake up at the log-on screen.

Perhaps there is a different way to set up how a PC wakes up from sleep mode? Or does it wakes up differently after manually set to sleep as opposed to automatically set to sleep by the power options settings?

Corazon · Oct 26, 2011

Hmm, strange. I actually have a password on my login; do you? Or do you just log in by clicking on the username?

Manigue · Oct 26, 2011

Corazon said:
Hmm, strange. I actually have a password on my login; do you? Or do you just log in by clicking on the username?

Yes; I have a password on my login.

Just tried it to be certain I was'nt saying something wrong.

- After logoff and then sleep, password needed at after wakeup.
- Set to sleep from desktop; PC woke up at desktop. No login/password required.

Will allow power option to put PC to sleep in two hours without logging off and verify state it wakes up in the morning.

MilesAhead · Oct 26, 2011

PsShutdown

The Mark Russinovich utilities are first rate. I've never had a problem using them.

edit: if you want to do it with a click just make a .cmd file with all the switches. Put it and the exe in a directory in your Path. Make a shortcut.

Here's something sort of similar by a guy I know on another board. It's called Boot Snooze. I forget exactly why there's a reboot involved. Maybe to have it work on the timer or something to do with login. But anyway, you can look it over:

http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=boot-snooze

MilesAhead · Oct 26, 2011

Also you can roll your own using AutoIt3 scripting language.

To go into Standby is trivial

Code:

If Not Shutdown(32) Then MsgBox(0x1010,"Error","Standby Failed!")
Exit

Corazon · Oct 26, 2011

Power options... of course. Now I remember.

There is one setting in the advanced options for your active power plan, namely require password to be entered upon waking from sleep. I have that setting enabled.

I bet it's disabled for you...

Manigue · Oct 26, 2011

Corazon said:
Power options... of course. Now I remember.

There is one setting in the advanced options for your active power plan, namely require password to be entered upon waking from sleep. I have that setting enabled.

I bet it's disabled for you...

Yes it is. Just checked it. Had forgotten about this setting.

Guess this explains the difference.

TheArt · Oct 26, 2011

Thanks for all the replies, now I'll explain my situation better:
I have 2 accounts on this pc. My specs are quite low. So if the other account needs all the power but I only clicked the shortcut "Standby" my account remains protected by password, yes, but remains logged in -> with running programs. Instead logging off and then click standby resolves the issue.
In other words I would like to unite the Log Off button with the Standby one. Gadgets aren't the solution as I've seen. Writing some commands and then make an .exe can be the solution, but I have no idea how to do it.

Could anyone help?

MilesAhead · Oct 26, 2011

I think a difficulty may be if you log off, then the process that would ordinarily put you in Standby would stop running. The utility may have to run as a Windows Service.

I just looked at AutoHotKey Shutdown function. It's the same as AutoIt3 in that the code for logoff is 0. You add the codes together. Therefore there's no distinction between going into Standby and logging off first then doing Standby(which makes me think it's not possible using a normal app.)

FliGi7 · Oct 27, 2011

I think the difference here is the terminology you're using, which can be ambiguous. From what I gather, you're looking to shut down all programs and log off (like you're clicking the log off button) of your account and then sleep, rather than just suspend your processes and lock the desktop (like you're clicking Win + L shortcut) and then sleep. If this is correct, you can create a Logoff shortcut at the below link.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/61276-log-off-shortcut-create.html

I'm not sure if this will work, but you can create the above "logoff" shortcut, create the "sleep" shortcut as pointed to earlier in the thread, then create a .bat file that calls both. For example, if you create both shortcuts on your desktop, you would simply create a file called logoffandsleep.bat with the following:

Code:

rundll32 shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLL "C:\Users\YOURNAME\Desktop\Logoff.lnk"
rundll32 shell32.dll,ShellExec_RunDLL "C:\Users\YOURNAME\Desktop\Sleep.lnk"

However, I could very well see a problem with only the first logoff command being run and not the sleep command as once you're logged out and that command is completed you're no longer running in an area that might allow you to perform the sleep action via a script. But, it's worth a shot.

TheArt · Oct 27, 2011

Thank you Fligi7 I will try later and report here!

MilesAhead · Oct 27, 2011

My guess would be once you log off, then there's no user with shutdown privilege. But it's just a guess.

TheArt · Oct 27, 2011

I suspected that too, however I gave a try.

Created Sleep shortcut / created LogOff shortcut (with the tutorial on this site, also linked above).
Created the .bat with that two lines.

When I click on it, my pc logs off and doesn't go in sleep mode. So only the first line is executed as we thought.

MilesAhead · Oct 27, 2011

You could try on this forum:
Coding Snacks - DonationCoder.com

Please read the rules for Post New Requests Here subforum. The moderator on that forum is very good with AHK. He enjoys writing small utilities to order, which is the point of Coding Snacks. If you make clear the utility will likely need to be written as a service he can tell you if he can do it. There are "service wrapper" type programs that make it easy to configure things as a service but they might not be useful for this type of utility. The moderator is skwire.

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