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Comment from Amardeep Rana on 2008-05-29

2008-05-29T11:13:20Z

HI
You can use ALT F4 to shut down your head less machine if you are using them remotly. and can use the command shutdown -a machnename

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Comment from Peter Wanyonyi on 2008-05-26

2008-05-27T05:06:13Z

There is also a way to call the shutdown / logoff / restart dilog box programmatically: copy and paste the following code into a .vbs or .vbe file and run it:

'beginning of code
'allows one to remotely bring up the shutdown dialogbox in Windows
Set WshShell = WScript.CREATEOBJECT("shell.application")
WshShell.ShutdownWindows()

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Comment from Arturo Alvarez on 2007-06-20

2007-06-20T18:55:01Z

There is an utility named process explorer in www.sysinternals.com. this allows you to replace the task manager with a more powerful utility and at the same time you will have what you need. When the app. is running minimized with te right button of your mouse you'll see the shutdown menu. It works I have it on all my machines.

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Comment from Guy on 2007-02-28

2007-02-28T17:11:13Z

We run in a domain enviroment. I found it easy to download psshutdown from sysinternals.com but you could also create a batch file on the desktop that executes shutdown -r. I add -t 10 to shorten the wait. The downside it that you must have admin privledges to execute either method.

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Comment from Michael Boratko on 2006-12-29

2006-12-29T17:03:49Z

The task manager will not have the "Shut Down" dialog if you are not using the welcome screen. This option is changed in the Control Panel under User Accounts and "Change the way users log on or off". You don't have to enable the memory hungry annoying welcome screen if you want to shut down remotely though, and a lot of company computer won't have this option because they are logging onto a domain. To shut down when you do not have the welcome screen enabled, simply press ctrl+alt+end in the Remote Desktop session. This will bring up the same dialog as the "Windows Security" option in the start menu, and from here you can shut down or restart your machine. To disable this option for remote users use the group policy editor.

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Comment from Chris on 2006-12-18

2006-12-18T22:59:26Z

Hi,

I really don't know where the Remote Desktop is gone, i don't see it anymore in any of my accounts. I've looked everywhere in Program Files logged in as an admin and nothing, i really don't know where is gone. How can i find it again????

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Comment from Joe on 2006-10-15

2006-10-15T22:43:37Z

Start > Run > "shutdown"

"shutdown -r" if you want a restart.

Don't include the ""

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Comment from Shane on 2006-10-10

2006-10-10T18:49:38Z

I find Shutdown.exe to be pretty useful. I perform a net use \\\ipc$ /u: and then can run shutdown.exe -f -r -m \\ and in about 30-60 seconds I can tell it's rebooting by using a ping -t in another command window. When the Request Time Out quit and it starts responding that's a nice clue that the OS is booting back up again.

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Comment from Coupland on 2006-08-31

2006-08-31T17:52:02Z

Stangely, I just attempted a shutdown on my company's email server (not on our domain) and it worked. It shouldn't without the right admin permissions, but it did. So give it a try if you ever need it.

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Comment from Rich on 2006-08-02

2006-08-02T17:36:28Z

Alt-F4 and Ctrl-Alt-End work great but my coworker who has XP SP2 also does have the Shutdown menu in Task Manager and I don't. Why?

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Comment from cristig on 2006-06-29

2006-06-29T15:23:33Z

shutdown -i -> Add 127.0.0.1 done!

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Comment from Ram on 2006-04-03

2006-04-04T03:53:50Z

Dear Leo

Wonder how to you startup and shutdown pc using scheduled task manager.

Thanks and Reagrds
Ram

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Comment from David Sumich on 2006-03-16

2006-03-16T23:07:17Z

Alt+F4 is a good one as it now seems that the Shutdown menu is not part of Task Manager anymore? I don't see it on mine with XP SP2.

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Comment from Daniel on 2006-01-13

2006-01-13T15:13:01Z

Oh thats realy simple go to the command prompt type:
c:\tsshutdn \server:ip address or computer name \powerdown
if u need restart change \powerdown to \restart

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Comment from Eso on 2006-01-01

2006-01-01T12:32:26Z

Here is solution:

When you are in remote desktop, press:

ctrl+alt+END - classic ctrl+alt+del window appears.

Click on Shutdown....

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Comment from Gaspard on 2005-12-03

2005-12-03T13:48:37Z

Leo is right. If you do not have administrative priviledge you cannot run the task manager and the shutdown command is denied. In this case I recommand the following freeware: http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm.
This freeware allows you to create a shortcut that can do almost any action on the pc.

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Comment from Finna on 2005-11-11

2005-11-11T21:12:11Z

Why make it so hard? Log in via remote desktop, open Task manager (right-click the task bar) and choose restart from the Shutdown menu.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-11

2005-10-12T04:05:28Z

Not if the account you're currently logged into doesn't have administrative privileges on the machine you're trying to reboot.

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Comment from Richard on 2005-10-11

2005-10-12T03:48:38Z

You can turn off any networked Windows 2000 and XP machine with the following command-line tool:
shutdown /m \\computername /s

If you want more info on this command-lind tool just type: shutdown /?

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Comment from Michael on 2005-10-10

2005-10-10T23:56:26Z

How do I shut down a computer using only an IP? Keep in mind, this computer is not on a network with mine.

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Comment from bean on 2005-09-15

2005-09-15T14:13:37Z

if you can get onto the remote computer using RDP then you just need to press ALT+F4 and select the desired operation.

if doing it from command prompt type:

shutdown -s -m \\COMPUTER NAME OR IP -t 00

use -r or -l instead of -s to invoke reboot or log off.

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Comment from ali on 2005-06-05

2005-06-05T11:54:15Z

iwant to restart my pc remotely using ip address it was connected remotely but now loged off and now i am not able to connect my pc remotely. hot to restart remotely i know the ip address or remote pc.
thanks

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Comment from Sim on 2005-06-05

2005-06-05T11:08:49Z

hey can somene plz plainly write a command that you can turn any computer off on the network in a .bat file

i want to turn my second computer off from my other one

thanx anyone

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Comment from Dex on 2005-05-15

2005-05-15T09:35:35Z

@echo off
shutdown -r -f

what i have in my .cmd file now

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Comment from Dex on 2005-05-15

2005-05-15T09:12:44Z

OK, I have windows XP PRO and I have tried all the things in this thread to shut down my computer that I use. and it wont work. I make a .bat and a .cmd whitch are both window command exe's

Plese simple tell me what to enter into one of these to shut down the system. and is there a way to make it so i dont have to specify a computer naem tht way anyone can use it from any of the users on the computer.

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Comment from zodik on 2005-03-08

2005-03-08T17:48:54Z

Nice and usefull artice, thanks

Now if there was a way to hook this shortcut to the machine's power button ... Unfortunately pressing power button displays a "there are users logged in ..." confirmation dialog, which is quite useless on a headless machine.

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Comment from DW on 2005-03-03

2005-03-03T22:30:34Z

just install RealVNC and you can run the remote XP machine as if you actually had keyboard and mouse attached.. free and simple...

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Comment from Roberts Rozis on 2005-03-01

2005-03-02T06:11:29Z

1. Log in remotely via Remote Desktop.
2. Click somewhere on desktop (no on icon or taskbar).
3. Press ALT + F4
4. Procceed as you desire.

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Comment from warsame on 2005-02-26

2005-02-26T12:37:56Z

hey who tell me .... when i want to go my house i remember that i was not shutdown my office computer and i have his IP or computername so plzz how can i shutdwon it with our remoly in the commant prompt

waxa aan ahay somali ee cidii somali ah haklan ka igala soo xidhiidhi helsinki@hotmail.com

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Comment from Dennis on 2004-11-17

2004-11-17T19:44:47Z

To shutdown make shortcut to:

shutdown -s -t 01

To reboot:

shutdown -r -t 01

You can use the Windows icons and place the shortcuts in the quickstart bar for a nice look.

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Comment from Chris on 2004-11-12

2004-11-12T16:54:54Z

Whoops, that key combo is CTRL-ALT-END. >.<

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Comment from Chris on 2004-11-12

2004-11-12T16:53:21Z

Two very easy "tricks" to shutdown Windows XP Pro while using remote desktop (and it doesn't need you to download a thing!).

1. Press CTRL-ALT-HOME. This will bring up the Windows Security dialog offering a nice "Shutdown..." button. Choose your shutdown flavor (Shutdown, Reboot, etc)

2. If that doesn't work (sometimes 1. just brings up the taskmanager), use the command "shutdown" from the Run dialog or command prompt. It needs some parameters.

eg. I use "shutdown -s -t 01" to shutdown my Pc or "shutdown -r -t 01" to reboot it. To view shutdown's parameters try "shutdown /?" from a command prompt.

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Comment from Chris E. on 2004-09-24

2004-09-25T05:14:53Z

If you have another windows box with either windows 2000 or windows XP on it then you can use the manage MMC to connect to this machine and shut it down that way.

First 'Right Click on 'My Computer' and select 'manage' (or type compmgmt.msc into the run window)

Then Right Click on 'Computer Managment(Local)' and select 'connect to another computer'.

Select your computer from the list and connect to it with an admin account.

When the screen refreshes, click on 'Computer Management(Computer Name)' (where computer name is the name of your remote computer) and select 'properties.

Then select the advanced tab.

Then select the 'startup and recovery' button.

Then use the shutdown tool that is provided to log off, shut down, or reboot the computer.

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Comment from carl bryan on 2004-05-23

2004-05-23T09:23:40Z

...there's also a builtin windowns command...

shutdown

it takes several options (force, reboot, timeouts etc)

shutdown /? gives help

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-20

2004-04-20T15:37:35Z

Have you tried psshutdown as described in the article these comments accompany? (http://ask-leo.com/archives/000003.html )
Also, fire up task manager, which has a shutdown menu.

Good luck!

Leo

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Comment from Abbas on 2004-04-20

2004-04-20T08:04:43Z

Shutdown option is missing from shutdown menu when u say shutdown, I dont get shutdown option only i get is log off option pls give solution on it the os is Windows 2000

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Comment from Leo on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T17:17:02Z

did you replace "machinename" with the name of the target machine? What version of VB?
Leo

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Comment from rafi on 2004-04-04

2004-04-04T17:13:00Z

Hi
when I call the script from vb program
Set OpSysSet =
GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(RemoteShutdown)}//machinename ").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Primary=true")

it give automation error
Can any 1 tell me the problem, I am using WinXP Pro

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-22

2004-03-22T23:38:21Z

I would point you at using WMI. This isn't VB.net per se, but:

Set OpSysSet =
GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate,(RemoteShutdown)}//machinename ").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Primary=true")

for each OpSys in OpSysSet
OpSys.Reboot()
Next

Leo

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Comment from Leo on 2004-03-22

2004-03-22T23:35:09Z

Shutdown can be missing if you're using remote desktop or terminal services, but I've not found a scenario where it disappears on its own. If the logoff button were also not visible that'd be a different scenario, but it sounds like you can logoff just fine.

Leo

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Comment from MikeC on 2004-03-18

2004-03-18T20:34:54Z

I lost the ability to shutdown my pc from the start menu. The red button beside logoff is missing and i have to logoff first then shutdown which is pointless ...... help me out and if you can e-mail me the response....

PLEASE E-MAIL
** E-Mail: mike.cordeiro@symaptico.ca

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Comment from yash on 2004-03-17

2004-03-18T06:24:09Z

please send me the method to shutdown remote machine using vb.net code.

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Comment from Michael Chang on 2004-03-07

2004-03-08T04:21:23Z

I have tried to run a task used "psshutdown" with -f -k -t and "windows xp shutdown command" with -f -s -t from Symantec Ghost console. However every time machine has restarted instead power shut. Any idea.

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Comment from porksaber on 2004-01-14

2004-01-14T11:28:38Z

excellent that last comment my friend.. well done it worked like a dream.

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Comment from erixon on 2003-10-15

2003-10-15T21:08:30Z

For XP users, why not just click on the Desktop and just click on Alt+F4, which should bring up the shutdown,restart, window.

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Comment from Leo on 2003-09-10

2003-09-11T03:06:31Z

Oh... and the sysinternals tool psshutdown allows you to specify a user & password, bypassing the cross machine account confusion altogether.

Leo

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Comment from Leo on 2003-09-10

2003-09-11T03:05:16Z

NT/XP Cross-machine authentication is a confusing topic, to be sure. The bottom line is that the account you're logged into on machine A must be recognized by machine B and have appropriate permissions to shut down machine B. Depending on how things are set up the accounts setup could be as simple as having the same account user/password on both machines. It could be as complicated as a full Windows NT Domain or Active Directory entry.

From:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/datacenter/rrcHowToShutdownRemotely.asp :

"To perform this procedure, you must have the user rights to force a shutdown from a remote system."

Leo

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Comment from bero on 2003-09-10

2003-09-10T17:53:21Z

But how does the remote computer authenticate you with this shutdown command?

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Comment from Brent on 2003-08-28

2003-08-28T22:37:39Z

Windows XP Professional has built in support for shutdown via the "shutdown" command. Here is the useage:

C:\shutdown /?
Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

no args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown u is the user code p is a planned shutdown code xx is the major reason code (positive integer le
ss than 256) yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

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Comment from Leo on 2003-08-12

2003-08-13T02:39:31Z

Good tip, Mark. Unfortunately the Windows Security menu item disappears if you customize and choose "classic start menus". The good news, though, is that the task manager, which is what that really is, is also accessible if you right-click the date in the task bar, and choose "task manager". It has the Shutdown menu with all the options you list.
Thanks!
Leo

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Comment from Mark on 2003-08-11

2003-08-12T03:38:40Z

Another way is to choose Windows Security from the Start menu. This will bring up a dialog box that has a Shut Down button that has the Log Off, Shutdown, Restart, Disconnect, and Standby options.

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