How can I remotly shutdown a windows machine

Question

I need to shutdown and / or reboot remote system. Can this be done remotely without physically being next to the server?

Answer 1

Reboot now:

shutdown /r /m \\computername /t 0

Shutdown now:

shutdown /s /m \\computername /t 0

In both examples, change the 0 to a number of seconds to delay if desired. Plenty of other options you can get from:

shutdown /?

Answer 2

You might also want to checkout Mark Russinovich's PsShutdown utility. It's similar to the native Windows shutdown command, but also allows you to logoff the console user or lock the console.

Answer 3

In Windows Remote Desktop hit ctrl+alt+END. Then click the Shut Down button.

Answer 4

Go to command prompt (start > run > cmd) on your workstation... and Type shutdown -r -m \xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx Replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP address or computer name of the remote machine. -r option is for restart, don't use -r if want to just shut down the system.

This can also be very fun

Answer 5

shutdown -i gives you a nice simple little GUI for the shutdown command where you can target one or more machines, choose shutdown or restart, set the countdown timer etc. This is the command I always use when I want to restart a remote machine.

Answer 6

I had a similar post on Stackoverflow and included a reboot script that waits for the server to come back.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56644/how-do-i-detect-if-a-windows-server-is-available-after-a-reboot

Answer 7

I do this at home. Start > Run cmd.exe and type in shutdown -s -t 60 (I always use -t 60 because I'll forget that I need to do something right when I press enter. shutdown -a will abort a shutdown if it isn't too late.)

Answer 8

Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f] [/m \computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]

No args    Display help. This is the same as typing /?.
/?         Display help. This is the same as not typing any options.
/i         Display the graphical user interface (GUI).
           This must be the first option.
/l         Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.
/s         Shutdown the computer.
/r         Shutdown and restart the computer.
/g         Shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is
           rebooted, restart any registered applications.
/a         Abort a system shutdown.
           This can only be used during the time-out period.
/p         Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.
           Can be used with /d and /f options.
/h         Hibernate the local computer.
           Can be used with the /f option.
/e         Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer.
/m \\computer Specify the target computer.
/t xxx     Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
           The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30.
           Using /t xxx implies the /f option.
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.
           Maximum of 512 characters allowed.
/f         Force running applications to close without forewarning users.
           /f is automatically set when used in conjunction with /t xxx.
/d [p|u:]xx:yy  Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown.
           p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.
           u indicates that the reason is user defined.
             if neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned.
           xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256).
           yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536).

Reasons on this computer: (E = Expected U = Unexpected P = planned, C = customer defined) Type Major Minor Title

U 0 0 Other (Unplanned) E 0 0 Other (Unplanned) E P 0 0 Other (Planned) U 0 5 Other Failure: System Unresponsive E 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Unplanned) E P 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Planned) E 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Unplanned) E P 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Planned) P 2 3 Operating System: Upgrade (Planned) E 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Unplanned) E P 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Planned) P 2 16 Operating System: Service pack (Planned) 2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Unplanned) P 2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Planned) 2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Unplanned) P 2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Planned) E 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Unplanned) E P 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Planned) E P 4 2 Application: Installation (Planned) E 4 5 Application: Unresponsive E 4 6 Application: Unstable U 5 15 System Failure: Stop error E 5 19 Security issue U 5 19 Security issue E P 5 19 Security issue E 5 20 Loss of network connectivity (Unplanned) U 6 11 Power Failure: Cord Unplugged U 6 12 Power Failure: Environment P 7 0 Legacy API shutdown

Answer 9

If you have Remote Desktop Access shutdown can be done through here.

Answer 10

You can also use psshutdown from the SysInternals tools.

Answer 11

Dogbert's Tech Support: do a Hard Reboot