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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Networking and Web / February 2008shutdown multiple computers using batch file
Hi all, I'm trying to learn how to shutdown windows xp pro and home computers across a network from a main office computer, cause people always forget to turn them off at the end of the day. I've been practacing from my windows xp pro computer to try and shutdown a windows xp home laptop using the following at the command prompt shutdown -s -m \\COMPUTERNAME When I run this command I get the following error message. "The network path could not be found" This is odd cause I can ping the laptop and access shares on the laptop. Does anyone have any advice ? >I'm trying to learn how to shutdown windows xp pro and home computers across >a network from a main office computer, cause people always forget to turn [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Does anyone have any advice ? One possible way to try is to get the psshutdown tool from: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/miscellaneous/psshutdown.mspx In some situations it works better than shutdown. Hans-Georg  SignatureNo mail, please. >Hi all, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Does anyone have any advice ? You can't do a remote shutdown of a computer running Windows XP Home. XP Home, with Simple File Sharing and only Guest access, lacks networked administrative authority. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest SignatureCheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. I am now trying to do this from xp pro to xp pro, and I keep getting access is denied errors or no response at all, this is also happening for psshutdown. >>Hi all, >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] ><http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest> >http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest >I am now trying to do this from xp pro to xp pro, and I keep getting access >is denied errors or no response at all, this is also happening for psshutdown. Could you make a little experiment and map a drive to the target computer before trying to shut it down? For example, you could open Windows Explorer on the controlling computer and use the command Tools, Map network drive. It doesn't matter which drive you map---just any should do. Then try the remote shutdown or psshutdown. Strange that nobody fixes these obvious defects, not even the Sysinternals guys. Hans-Georg SignatureNo mail, please. >>I am now trying to do this from xp pro to xp pro, and I keep getting access >>is denied errors or no response at all, this is also happening for psshutdown. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Hans-Georg You could always use task scheduler and have it shut down the computers automatically. ------- For every idiot proofed system devised, a new and improved idiot will arise to over come it. >>>Hi all, >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >><http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest> >>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest >I am now trying to do this from xp pro to xp pro, and I keep getting access >is denied errors or no response at all, this is also happening for psshutdown. Are they XP Pro with Advanced File Sharing, and properly activated non-Guest accounts? Remember Guest won't give you administrative access, and remote control commands won't work. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest SignatureCheers, Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. |
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