I'm a rookie when it comes to scripting and/or programming, so I haven't been able to figure this out myself.

I want to close down all components on a system that cause noise. This means turning off the monitor, stopping the hard disks and slowing down the computer fan to minimum speed. Then I want to wake the system up and run an external batch file after a set amount of time.

Now I wonder if anyone has done anything similar before. Any tips or pointers? I tried searching the forum but found nothing of use(I do suck at searching forums, people always seem to think in different words than I[is the previous sentence even English?])

ANY help appreciated.