Remote ShutDown using XP

readermaniax · 11-12-2005, 05:40 PM

XP PRO has a lot of fun utilities. One of the most useful ones I have found to date is the ability to remotely reboot a PC. There are 2 ways of doing this. You will need to have admin access to the PC to preform these actions. That being said, here is the first way to do it:

Right click my computer, choose manage.
Highlight the Computer Management (Local) then click on Action, choose connect to another computer.
In the window that opens fill in the machine name of the PC you want to connect to and click ok.
Once connected right click on Computer Management (Remote machine name) and choose properties.
Go to the "Advanced" tab and click the Settings button under Start up and recovery.
Click on the Shutdown button.
Under action choose what you want to do (you can log off current user, shut down, restart, or power down. you can also choose if you want to force all applications to close, close hung apps, or wait for all apps to close by themselves).

The second way... Remember dos... that good old thing. Open up a command prompt and enter in the following:

%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -m \\Machinename. The command prompt has more switches and options. I highly suggest using shutdown.exe /? to see all the posibilities.

desertwind · 11-12-2005, 05:50 PM

How come these posts on Open Source section ?
Reporting along with your other 2 posts...

QwertyManiac · 11-12-2005, 05:55 PM

^^
:d already done, for 4 topics...

neways good info in them

praka123 · 11-12-2005, 09:22 PM

what is this eh?XP s**t coming in OPen SOurce section

vignesh · 11-12-2005, 09:50 PM

Nice opensource topic.Pls post in the right section to get proper answers

Nemesis · 11-12-2005, 10:11 PM

Moved here from Open Source.

Guys, 1 person is more than enough to tell the thread starter to post threads in the right section. There is no need for everyone to jump in.

vichitra · 04-07-2010, 05:42 PM

I got the "access denied". How to get out of that?

11-12-2005, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
readermaniax Alpha Geek Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 524	Remote ShutDown using XP XP PRO has a lot of fun utilities. One of the most useful ones I have found to date is the ability to remotely reboot a PC. There are 2 ways of doing this. You will need to have admin access to the PC to preform these actions. That being said, here is the first way to do it: Right click my computer, choose manage. Highlight the Computer Management (Local) then click on Action, choose connect to another computer. In the window that opens fill in the machine name of the PC you want to connect to and click ok. Once connected right click on Computer Management (Remote machine name) and choose properties. Go to the "Advanced" tab and click the Settings button under Start up and recovery. Click on the Shutdown button. Under action choose what you want to do (you can log off current user, shut down, restart, or power down. you can also choose if you want to force all applications to close, close hung apps, or wait for all apps to close by themselves). The second way... Remember dos... that good old thing. Open up a command prompt and enter in the following: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -m \\Machinename. The command prompt has more switches and options. I highly suggest using shutdown.exe /? to see all the posibilities. __________________ My Favourite Blogs - http://Mysticgadgets.com \| Gadget Weblog http://Mantosuperman.blogspot.com \| Styleing Tips, And Evrythign You Need Selling RS and vPP..

11-12-2005, 05:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
desertwind Wise Old Owl Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 1,096	How come these posts on Open Source section ? Reporting along with your other 2 posts... __________________ Sometime you'll think you understand everything ...Then you'll regain consciousness

11-12-2005, 05:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
QwertyManiac Commander in Chief Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,657	^^ :d already done, for 4 topics... neways good info in them __________________ Harsh J www.harshj.com

04-07-2010, 05:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
vichitra Right Off the Assembly Line Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1	Re: Remote ShutDown using XP I got the "access denied". How to get out of that?

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11-12-2005, 09:22 PM	#4 (permalink)
praka123 left this forum longback Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: - Posts: 7,513	what is this eh?XP s**t coming in OPen SOurce section

11-12-2005, 09:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
vignesh Wise Old Owl Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,659	Nice opensource topic.Pls post in the right section to get proper answers

11-12-2005, 10:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nemesis Wise Old Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,634	Moved here from Open Source. Guys, 1 person is more than enough to tell the thread starter to post threads in the right section. There is no need for everyone to jump in.