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How do I shut down other PCs on LAN

#1 Dirty Harry

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Posted 24 February 2001 - 04:17 PM

I run a network at home and would like to be able to shut down (power off) the other PCs from any other station. What is the easiest way ?

Apparently this should be possible through a vbs script, what should this look like / do I need to have some software running for it ?

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#2 clutch

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Posted 24 February 2001 - 08:20 PM

You could also use "shutdown.exe" from the NT Resource kit. That has been the easiest for me.

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#3 BladeRunner

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Posted 24 February 2001 - 09:42 PM

Aye, shutdown.exe is an excellent little file and in my opinion whould have been included in Win2k.
Very handy little utility, nice graphical interface (if your not too hot on command lines)

#4 maswa

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Posted 12 September 2004 - 09:08 PM

I run a network at home and would like to be able to shut down (power off) the other PCs from any other station. What is the easiest way ?

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#5 maswa

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Posted 12 September 2004 - 09:08 PM

I run a network at home and would like to be able to shut down (power off) the other PCs from any other station. What is the easiest way ?

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#6 maswa

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Posted 12 September 2004 - 09:08 PM

I run a network at home and would like to be able to shut down (power off) the other PCs from any other station. What is the easiest way ?

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#7 ScinteX

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Posted 12 September 2004 - 09:39 PM

ummm fix the scratch on the vinyl and try one of the above?

#8 zen69x

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Posted 12 September 2004 - 10:56 PM

shutdown.exe comes with XP. The command (briefly) is:

shutdown /s (or /r for restart) /m \\<computername> /t <time in s 0 - 600> (default is 30)

You can make a quick batch file for other PC's and I'm pretty certain you can just copy this file to your other PC's if not running XP.