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<blockquote data-quote="Stonepecker" data-source="post: 665358" data-attributes="member: 107503">Thank you Robbo. I find your reply to be very thoughtful indeed.Setting explorer.exe or iexplorer.exe as processes which prevent shutdown crossed my mind too. Then I wondered what happens when MP wakes up the system for a scheduled recording, finishes it, then sees explorer running and doesn't shut it down again because of that.Is this the case? Anyway, I'll test this theory.My typical - in fact only - use for a tool like MP is that of a videorecorder: a movie is on TV late at night, or at a time whn I don't want or cannot watch TV. I want to record it, then burn it on a DVD to watch it later on my sofa on my TV - not on the PC. Hence I want the PC to run just about for as long as it takes to record the film, or whatever.The PC doesn't need to stop the moment the recording is done, a minute or two, or three later is fine. Until recently I was using a tool called Bonavista which let me schedule the start and end of a recording with the option at the end of the recording to a) hibernate b) suspend c)power off or d) do nothing. I find this to be a sensible approach. It doesn't impose a certain behaviour forcing the user to look for workarounds if he doesn't like it. Unfortunately Bonavista is very unreliable about actually recording anything, so I went shopping and found MP.I never watch TV on the PC while a recording is running, and only rarely do something at the PC while a recording is going. Since it is rather unpredictable what I'm working on at that moment, I find it unreasonable to include all possible candidates on a list of processes.Again, your patient and pertinent explanation very much appreciated.Stonepecker</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stonepecker, post: 665358, member: 107503"] Thank you Robbo. I find your reply to be very thoughtful indeed. Setting explorer.exe or iexplorer.exe as processes which prevent shutdown crossed my mind too. Then I wondered what happens when MP wakes up the system for a scheduled recording, finishes it, then sees explorer running and doesn't shut it down again because of that. Is this the case? Anyway, I'll test this theory. My typical - in fact only - use for a tool like MP is that of a videorecorder: a movie is on TV late at night, or at a time whn I don't want or cannot watch TV. I want to record it, then burn it on a DVD to watch it later on my sofa on my TV - not on the PC. Hence I want the PC to run just about for as long as it takes to record the film, or whatever. The PC doesn't need to stop the moment the recording is done, a minute or two, or three later is fine. Until recently I was using a tool called Bonavista which let me schedule the start and end of a recording with the option at the end of the recording to a) hibernate b) suspend c)power off or d) do nothing. I find this to be a sensible approach. It doesn't impose a certain behaviour forcing the user to look for workarounds if he doesn't like it. Unfortunately Bonavista is very unreliable about actually recording anything, so I went shopping and found MP. I never watch TV on the PC while a recording is running, and only rarely do something at the PC while a recording is going. Since it is rather unpredictable what I'm working on at that moment, I find it unreasonable to include all possible candidates on a list of processes. Again, your patient and pertinent explanation very much appreciated. Stonepecker [/QUOTE]

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