sakulati Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Hi all, merry xmas to all!!! How can we remotely shutdown a computer in a local area network running windows xp sp2? I cannot shut it down it displays error message " Access Denied " and if I try to connect using the computer management, It displays an error "RPC server is unavailable" This is driving me nuts...Hope you guys can help...I've read on forums about adding a user account on the remote computer same as with the computer that is shutting down with the same priviledges, but it still dont work. I hope you guys could help. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChris Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 use the winxp/2003 command line shutdown.exe it will allow you to shutdown a local xp/2003 machine or a winxp/3004 machine on the network. Asuming you have permissions to do so. I think shutdown.exe is part of the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Here.Hope this helps,MrChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 use the winxp/2003 command line shutdown.exe it will allow you to shutdown a local xp/2003 machine or a winxp/3004 machine on the network. Asuming you have permissions to do so. I think shutdown.exe is part of the Windows 2003 Resource Kit Here.Hope this helps,MrChrisThat would be this:shutdown -m \\computername -sI use this on my home computers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 or this:http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=44972 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezalel Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 In order to remotely shutdown a PC running SP2 you need to disable the firewall or create an exception for RPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakulati Posted December 25, 2005 Author Share Posted December 25, 2005 tnx guys...il have to try it now.shutdown -m \\computername -s just doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InTheWayBoy Posted December 25, 2005 Share Posted December 25, 2005 Follow the link provided above...the post talks about pstools, particularly psshutdown. Those are fantastic command line tools that offer a wealth options. Highly recommended. The site is:www.sysinternals.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 tnx guys...il have to try it now.shutdown -m \\computername -s just doesnt workAre you running Home Edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda43 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 I'm not a networking person, so I'm doing a lot of guessing here.On your network can you access the desktop of the remote PC?If you can ,,,,, can you click a shortcut on that desktop?If you can,,,,, you can put this line into a shortcut on that desktop and just click it to shutdown that PC.%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -fThat's the correct syntax for a Quick Shutdown Icon on your desktop.I use that myself and share it with all my customers.Good Luck and Happy New Year,Andromeda43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faisal Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 I always use this utility when I want to turn my computer off when someone is sitting on it in University Lab. Remote Shutdown v1.1http://www.matcode.com/remshutdn.exeThanks to the Programmer. Its freewareRegardsFaisal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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