Introducing the all new, sleek and simple, completely re-thought and re-designed Cool Timer. We think it's so much cooler than ever before that we even considered changing the name to "Awesome Timer". Though some exciting new features have been added, drawing from much user feedback, we decided to revert to a simple, no-nonsense design reminiscent of past versions. More compact, less intrusive, and more user friendly, Cool Timer does a lot in just a little space with a small memory footprint, using very little system resources. The unique visualization feature introduced in version 4 of the program is still there, just not a part of the main interface as it was before. It can be opened in a separate window if you choose to use it, but stays tucked away and hidden if you have no use for it.

Cool Timer now has the ability to choose from a selection of stunning backgrounds for the main program window or just select a solid color, allowing you to spruce up its look depending on your mood or taste. Need your computer to do something automatically when the alarm goes off? Cool Timer allows you to specify tasks for your computer to perform automatically either in countdown mode or alarm clock mode when the alarm sounds. Also new in this version is the option to require solving a simple, fun image jigsaw puzzle, before you can hit snooze or turn the alarm off in alarm clock mode. This helps you wake up by making you clear your head just a little before you can silence the alarm. Some new "behind the scenes" improvements in this version is the ability to wake the computer from hibernation when the alarm is about to sound in countdown mode and alarm clock mode, a new more accurate timing engine, the ability to automatically unmute your system when the alarm sounds, plus turn mute back on automatically when you turn the alarm off.

• Fixed an issue that would cause an error if more than one alarm was set for the exact same time on the exact same day.
• Fixed an issue that was causing some Windows 7 specific features to cause errors on Windows XP.
• Fixed an issue that would allow no days of the week to be selected for alarms in alarm clock mode which would cause subsequent errors.