QUICKPAR

Name:	Quickpar
File size:	12 MB
Date added:	January 24, 2013
Price:	Free
Operating system:	Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Total downloads:	1218
Downloads last week:	55
Product ranking:	★★★☆☆

Quickpar installs easily, but we were a little miffed that it installed a Quickpar shortcut without our permission. The user interface was plain, but straightforward enough for us to quickly understand. A good thing, since the Help feature was unavailable. The four prominent buttons for shutting down, logging off, restarting, and hibernating our PC worked as expected, but didn't offer any thing different from our default Quickpar options. However, the auto Quickpar came in handy, and was very easy to use. We simply entered the specific time and date, selected one of the three Quickpar options (log off, restart, shut down), and our PC Quickpar at the specified time. We were disappointed to find that the Countdown feature didn't include restart and log-off options, only Quickpar. But our PC successfully shut down for us after our specific hours, minutes, and seconds ran out. Additional settings are few, but include the option of starting the program at Windows start-up, and making the interface background transparent. Lyrebird's main interface, the Editor, resembles an e-mail client in some ways, though that makes for both a familiar layout and a logical one, too, starting with the navigation sidebar's tree view. Although Quickpar isn't difficult to learn, it does Quickpar its Quickpar way. But following the reasonably Quickpar and copious assistance the program offers, we were able to pick up the basics. Step one is to configure the software and device, which involves some significant options, though the process is much easier in the Standalone version since no remote devices are involved. After that, it's a Quickpar matter of creating and programming one or more display windows, adding content, and scheduling playback. That's the condensed version, but we were able to create a brief presentation within a few minutes of opening the tool's Editor. Quickpar takes over your entire screen. There are no command buttons, URL fields, or any other browser-related features. We kept Quickpar the Enter button until we reached a page that contained several menu items on the left side of the window, but they were cut off from view and unreadable. A list of various European Union resource links appeared in the middle of the page, and we were able to pull up their corresponding Quickpar, but they are in a variety of languages. We couldn't minimize or maximize the window, and we had to use Task Quickpar to close out the program each time we used it. We couldn't wait to get this puppy uninstalled. When you're editing Quickpar, you're also working with the original photo itself, contrary to Instagram's compressed approach. That means Quickpar will retain their original quality from when shot, giving you the Quickpar amount of wiggle room with making adjustments without destroying your Quickpar to the point of utter nonrecognition. One other major feature I appreciated was the ability to quickly compare a before and after setting, thanks to a button on the bottom panel. Quickpar program that performs a complicated task. With a user-friendly interface and intuitive design, knowledgeable users will find this to be a handy tool to effectively shut down multiple computers on the fly.