Thomas N
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Force reboot
What is the command to force reboot a machine or server at another location? I used to have a batch file I could run but cant find it. Thanks
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Does it use the login names authentication? What if I wanted to use another name. Thanks
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I tried this command and it did not restart the computer. C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdo wn.exe -r -m \\computername -s -t 5 Is there something I am missing?
Do a plain and simple shutdown -i and you can do everything you need to from a simple GUI interface
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shutdown -r -f -t 0
-r (reboot)
-f (force)
-t (time in seconds til shutdown)