Remote Shutdown Command

[dison]

Hello all!

Does anyone know how to issue a remote shutdown and a remote logoff command to another computer on my network?

Please help!

David.

 

[bcastner]

To reboot \\remote_computer:

shutdown -r -m \\remote_computer

To shutdown \\remote_computer:
shutdown -s -m \\remote_computer


Shutdown
Allows you to shut down or restart a local or remote computer. Used without parameters, shutdown will logoff the current user.

Syntax
shutdown [{-l|-s|-r|-a}] [-f] [-m [\\ComputerName]] [-t xx] [-c "message"] [-d[p]:xx:yy]

Parameters
-l
Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -m ComputerName takes precedence.
-s
Shuts down the local computer.
-r
Reboots after shutdown.
-a
Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and ComputerName. You can only use -a during the time-out period.
-f
Forces running applications to close.
-m [\\ComputerName]
Specifies the computer that you want to shut down.
-t xx
Sets the timer for system shutdown in xx seconds. The default is 20 seconds.
-c "message"
Specifies a message to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. You can use a maximum of 127 characters. You must enclose the message in quotation marks.

There are by the way several great freeware utilities for this. For example:

http://www.goesp.com/downloads/Software/XP-Remote-Shutdown-Tool/