How to shut down PCs remotely: Microsoft, Windows XP Pro, Pro

by: keamoPosted on 2008-11-20 at 09:26:53ID: 23005841

windows xp comes with shutdown.exe. Also psshutdown.exe from the pstools suite is another option..

by: CoyotesITPosted on 2008-11-20 at 09:31:06ID: 23005918

using the builtin shutdown.exe just run the following

c:\> shutdown /m \\remotepc /t 15 /f /s

That will shutdown the remotepc giving a 15 second warning. /f [forces shutdown], /s [shutdown]

Other options are as follows from the shutdown /?

Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f]
[/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]

No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?.
/? Display help. This is the same as not typing any options.
/i Display the graphical user interface (GUI).
This must be the first option.
/l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.
/s Shutdown the computer.
/r Shutdown and restart the computer.
/g Shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is
rebooted, restart any registered applications.
/a Abort a system shutdown.
This can only be used during the time-out period.
/p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.
Can be used with /d and /f options.
/h Hibernate the local computer.
Can be used with the /f option.
/e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer.
/m \\computer Specify the target computer.
/t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30.
Using /t xxx implies the /f option.
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.
Maximum of 512 characters allowed.
/f Force running applications to close without forewarning users.
/f is automatically set when used in conjunction with /t xxx.
/d [p|u:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown.
p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.
u indicates that the reason is user defined.
if neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned.
xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).
yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).

by: ashfoxPosted on 2008-11-20 at 09:33:38ID: 23005956

Hello,

You can open the command prompt and enter:

shutdown -s -m \\computername -t 0

"-s" tells the computer to shutdown. "-m" specifies which computer to shutdown. "-t 0" tells the computer to shutdown immediately without waiting.

Since there are multiple pc's to shutdown you could use a batch file. To do this create a file called "Shutdown.bat" and open it with notepad. Then enter 12 versions of the shutdown command, each having a different value for "-m". An example is shown below. When you want to shutdown the pc's just run the batch file.

shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer01 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer02 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer03 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer04 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer05 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer06 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer07 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer08 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer09 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer10 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer11 -t 0
shutdown.exe -s -m \\computer12 -t 0

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by: CoyotesITPosted on 2008-11-20 at 09:35:03ID: 23005975

you can do this in a loop as well if you script a batch file like

@echo off
set pclist=pc1,pc2,pc3,pc4,pc5,pc6

for %%i in (%pclist%) do (
echo Shutting down %%i
shutdown /m \\%%i /t 15 /f /s
)

this will loop through your pclist variable and

by: kory1006Posted on 2008-11-20 at 09:58:08ID: 23006330

if you use "shutdown /i" it will open up a GUI for you thats a little easier to use than the command line.

by: ITEnthusiastPosted on 2008-11-20 at 11:53:18ID: 23007417

One command to do all!

shutdown -i

Add each individual machine. You have the option to do reboot, shutdown and give reasons for each one!

Hope it works for you!

by: ITEnthusiastPosted on 2008-11-20 at 11:55:29ID: 23007437

You do that from the Start-->run command window to by the way....

START--->RUN----> shutdown -i

by: ahmad1467Posted on 2008-11-22 at 06:28:37ID: 23020850

This works great but the only problem I am having now is I am the administrator and it works find but I have a department supervisor that needs access to shut down these station. I do have all the commuters in the domain but when I run the scrip from his username it say that access is denied.

by: kory1006Posted on 2008-11-24 at 14:22:41ID: 23031012

You will either have to add him to the administrators group on the stations, or add him to the domain admins group in Active Directory. Adding him to the admins group on the stations would be a better solution.

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