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Shutdown Command via Command Prompt

The shutdown command becomes more flexible and automated when used from the command prompt. To run the shutdown command from the command prompt, go to start, run, type cmd, and press enter. In the black box (the command prompt) type shutdown and the switches you want to use with the shutdown command. You have to use at east one switch for the shutdown command to work.

The Switches

The shutdown command has a few options called switches. You can always see them by typing shutdown -? in the command prompt if you forget any of them.

-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 less than 256) yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Please note: I’ve noticed using a switch with a – sign doesn’t work sometimes. If you are having trouble try using a / in place of – in your switches.

Examples

shutdown –m \\computername –r –f This command will restart the computer named computername and force any programs that might still be running to stop.

shutdown –m \\computername –r –f –c “I’m restarting your computer. Please save your work now.” –t 120 This command will restart the computer named computername, force any programs that might still be running to stop, give to user on that computer a message, and countdown 120 seconds before it restarts.

shutdown –m \\computername –a This command will abort a previous shutdown command that is in progress.

capn qwerty wrote:How do I find its defined name on the network, or the network associated IP?

BBJynne wrote:

capn qwerty wrote:How do I find its defined name on the network, or the network associated IP?

I'll tell you how.

You've just got to...



FIRE THE PANZERSHREK!!!!

capn qwerty wrote:How do I find its defined name on the network, or the network associated IP?

CivBase wrote:

capn qwerty wrote:How do I find its defined name on the network, or the network associated IP?

I believe you can find the IP by using the ipconfig command in DOS.

As for the defined name, try opening control panel (make sure it's in the classic view), then open system. There should be a tab called "computer name". Try that.

KristallNacht wrote:

capn qwerty wrote:How do I find its defined name on the network, or the network associated IP?

is your network currently set up so any amount of file sharing happens? Like if on your computer you turn on windows media player file sharing, can the other computer (easiest with itunes) pick up the library and access it?