We’ve all been there… you go to bed, leaving some programs open - maybe some of them unsaved documents.  The next morning you scream in agony because your computer was restarted from your friendly neighborhood automatic update service!

Now, you can safeguard your PC against this with Shutdown Guard!  Just a little tray application that prevents your computer from restarting, shutting down, or even logging off!  Nice huh?  Written for Windows XP, the author has not tested on Vista, it did not work for me on Vista Business.

When a shutdown, log off, or restart is detected, Shutdown Guard will prompt if you want to continue.  Only when confirmed will it continue the shutdown sequence.

Shutdown Guard