Shutdown Problem with shutdown.exe on W2K

[kukris]

I want to shut down a remote computer with the command line tool shutdown.exe.

With

shutdown -s -f -m \\<IP-adress or computer name)

I can shutdown the remote computer, but it won't turn off.

The message "You can turn off the computer now" appears.

It's not an ACPI problem because when I regulary shut down the computer (Start-->Shutdown)

the computer shuts down AND turns off.

This also happens to computers with Windows 2000. Computer with Windows XP will shut down and turn off.

I also tried shutdown.exe from Windows XP, but that didn't work either.

Is there a solution for this or another command line tool?

[cluberti]

Have you tried psshutdown from Sysinternals?

[kukris]

Yes, I tried it. But it requires an administrative Share, which I don't want to do. Besides it has trouble to find the remote computer where shutdown.exe doesn't have any.

[cluberti]

If you don't have Update Rollup 1 installed, see if the hotfix mentioned here helps:

831895: The Shutdown.exe utility does not shut down or restart your Windows 2000-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;831895

[kukris]

I have SP4 and all patches installed, so that's not the cause.