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Brutus
Brutus

Brutus is a small tool that lets you log off, lock, restart, or shut down your computer with a single click. It adds 4 new icons to the Quick Launch bar (next to your Start button) that allow you to ...

Average of 4 user ratings: 4
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  • Oct 02, 2008
  • For version:
  • 2006

quote  Not what I expected  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 3

I thought this would be an amazing app but found out it was just, OK. First of all, it can't hide anything in the start menu, didn't for me even after a few restarts. Also, it didn't place my icons anywhere except on the desktop. My pc seemed to slow as well when using this. Even after uninstall so ran Ccleaner, it cleared the issue up, I believe another left over registry item, nothing major. So I can't say I got a lot out of this but with some work I would be willing to try again.

user Review by: gimpguy (370)
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  • Nov 05, 2005
  • For version:
  • 2006

quote  Excellent! just what i've been looking for :)  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

What a great little freeware, thanks! The position of the icons is the BEST - as oppose to what another user wrote - having them on the quick launch assures no waste of background resources (like in tray), while having just as much ease and MORE simple operation - as oppose to custom tray programs, everyone knows that a quicklaunch shortcut is a shortcut - you click, it works! no complicated right-click menus to bother with. What's best - you get an easy and well established way to change icons, assign hotkeys, etc. - just like on any Windows shortcut. To the author - please keep this quicklaunch method - there will always be other resource-hogs tray-applications for those who'll prefer them.

user Review by: AnonymMan (28)
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  • Nov 04, 2005
  • For version:
  • 2006

quote  I like it.  quote

  • Interface: 4
  • Features: 4
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 4

A nice little program. I keep the icons for reboot and shutdown on the desktop and got rid of them in the quick launch. Program works well. It offers some control over the start menu as well.

user Review by: stealthpiper (4)
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  • Nov 03, 2005
  • For version:
  • 2006

quote  Ok but unusual positioning of buttons.  quote

  • Interface: 3
  • Features: 3
  • Ease of use: 3
  • Value: 3
  • Overall: 3

This works ok but the positioning of the shutdown icons in the quick launch area is unusual. There are several other pieces of freeware that do this, eg Powerclick, which place the icons in the system tray area.

user Review by: ianmacm (108)
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