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AutoExit is a power management add-in for Windows Home Server, which allows you to shut down and reboot client machines in your home network from within the console.

The add-in is certainly popular with the WHS Community, as it is WGS second highest rated add-in over at Home Server Plus!

Developer Nick Asseloos released a Release Candidate to AutoExit 2009 today.  What all can AutoExit do for you?

Shut down your machines over the Windows Home Server network.  It can be used to shut down, reboot machines in your home network from within the console. Wake On Lan is also supported, this enables you to easily boot up machines remotely.  You can put the machine into hibernation, sleep, log off the user or lock the machine.  The server can also be shut down from the toolbar now.

You can execute these actions per machine or for all machines.

Changes in AutoExit 2009:

• Multilingual UI (supports German, French, Japanese).
• Setup has been made smaller and packaged as a zip file instead of 1 installer.
• Wake On Lan all clients.
• Send a message to all connected clients.
• Warn users when the server is going down.
• Support for Windows 7.
• Possibility to the Wake On Lan port to send to.
• Possibility to enable easy logging on the client side.
• Mac-address of the server is retrieved when opening the diagnostic dialog and the Mac field being empty.
• When downloading an update, it is automatically saved to the ‘Server\Software’ or ‘Server\Logiciel’ folder, if none of these exist the browse directory dialog is shown.
• Fix: On some machines the actions did not work and an error 998 was displayed, this has been fixed.
• Fix: Fixed issue that settings in Vista/Windows 7 weren’t read correctly and made the AutoWOL Server function not work.
• Fix: Now when a client comes out of sleep, a WOL packet is sent to the server if enabled.
• Fix: Small improvement to the update dialog to show the product name.
• Fix: When using hibernate/sleep, the machine sometimes couldn’t be enabled again.
• Fix: Detects if Remote Desktop is enabled on a Home Edition.
• And some other minor adjustments.

The RC version has 1 major difference with respect to the Beta version, it is now multilingual.

Also, Nick has requested some help from the WHS community.  He is still looking for a Spanish translator.

If you speak the language and wish to help, head over to his website, and drop him a line.

More Info: Asoft.be