Windows XP/Vista, Server 2003/2008We all know that Shutdown.exe is the built-in command line utility to shutdown, restart or logoff your computer, but most people don't know that there is a built-in GUI front-end as well.
Lots of people have developed their own shutdown utilities that pretty much do the same thing, and some companies won't allow 3rd party utilities on their network, so here is a good solution for them.
This interface makes it very easy to shutdown/logoff/restart a list of computers (browse for computers via the Windows shell), input a timeframe for the action and log an event to the system.
The command? - Geez, I almost forgot:
Shutdown.exe -i
'-i' has to be the first command-line option if you use others.
8 comments:
Great hint. I always used command-line for restarting machines via terminal server session, but this seems a bit easier. Thank you, sir!
1997 news ;).
Thanks for the interesting tip - prompted me to post on shutdown shortcuts - again maybe old news for some but not everybody :)
Barry Cleave
Barry, there's no content in your link. It's just a domain squatting site.
@eric - not everyone knows this ;) Thus the post!
Windows 2000 did not have a native shutdown tool, if I am not mistaken. XP came out in 2001, how could this be 1997 news? I'll concede 7 years latency, but 11?
In any case, thanks for the comment!
If you need stylish end logo before shutdown, try Power Off Key at my site toycatsoft.com. Keyboard shortcut assigned to ScrollLock key. Shutdown more brutal then by shutdown.exe (ignores MS word asking for save or not open documents etc.). It's not freeware but free to try.
The .exe suffix is actually unnecessary: "shutdown -i" suffices.
A group of friends discovered this a few months ago, and decided to play pranks on each other using the interface. Three things we learned from that:
1) shutdown -a
2) if you set your own computer to shutdown after x seconds, it will ignore all other shutdown requests.
3) never give admin privilages to students on school terminals
@Anonymous - ".exe suffix is actually unnecessary.." - .exe guarantees that you are running the .exe and not a errant .com or .bat file that may be in the same folder. For documentation's sake, .exe is necessary.
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