You can remotely shut down a computer over the Internet, but you would first have to either VPN into the network or into the target computer you want to shut down. I’m not going to cover VPNs in this article, but if that’s something you want to do, feel free to Google it. ..

To shutdown a computer remotely, you can use the shutdown command and its associated switches, from the remote shutdown dialog box, or from a batch file.

Remote Shutdown Overview

In order to get this to work, you first have to complete a couple of steps. Otherwise, you’ll get an Access is denied (5) error message and it will drive you mad.

Step 2: Once you have Administrative access to the target computer, you’ll need to create a new task in your administrator account and name it “shutdown”. Step 3: In the “shutdown” task, you’ll need to enter the following information: -Computer name -Domain name -User name -Password -Target computer’s IP address Step 4: After you’ve entered all of this information, click on the “submit” button. Now that your computer is shutdown, anyone on your network who wants to can access it.

To set up file sharing between two computers, you first need to create a user account on each computer that will be used for the sharing. The user accounts on the two computers must have the same name and password. Then, in Control Panel, click on User Accounts and under the Local Users and Groups heading, click on Add User. In the Add User dialog box, type in the name of the user account you want to create and then click OK. Next, in Control Panel, under Sharing Options for Local Users and Groups, click on File Sharing and then under Share This Folder or Drive With This Group of People, type in the name of the user account you created earlier and then click OK. Finally, under Advanced Sharing Settings for This Folder or Drive (if it is available), select Allow Full Control for This Group of People ( Administrators ) from the list and then click OK. ..

If you’re in a corporate environment and have a domain, you should login using the domain administrator account. This will allow you to shutdown any other computer on the network even if they are logged in with different credentials. ..

Step 3: After you have enabled File and printer sharing, you will need to create a new user account for the computer. To do this, go to the Users and Groups tab in the Control Panel and click on New User. In the Name field, enter a name for your new user account and click on OK. Step 4: You will now need to add printers to your computer. To do this, go to Printers and select the printer you want to add from the list. Click on Add Printer and follow the prompts.

In the left menu, click on the program or feature you want to allow through Windows Firewall.

Make sure you only check the Home/Work (Private) box and not Public. You do not need to allow anything else through the firewall. You might read on other sites to allow WMI, Remote Shutdown, Network Discovery, etc, but I’ve tested it without any of those and it works just fine.

If you are trying to target a Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 computer remotely, you will need to modify the registry. Unless you do this, it simply won’t work. You will only get the Access is Denied message no matter what.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Now change the value of the key to “Notepad” and press enter. Now close Notepad and reopen it. The value of the key should now be “Notepad.”

Name the new DWORD value DisableTaskMgr. This new DWORD value will disable the task manager. ..

When you open the Local Account Token Filter Policy window, a new value will appear at the bottom. Change the name to LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy and press Enter. Now double-click on it and change the value from 0 to 1. ..

In order to connect remotely to a computer, you will need to create a registry key. This key is needed because in Windows Vista and higher, an administrator account is stripped of its credentials when connecting remotely. This will allow the account to remain with administrative privileges.

If you’re not running the Remote Registry service or you don’t want to add the Everyone group to your Force shutdown policy, then you’ll need to start it by using the following command: net start remoteregistry To edit your local security policy, open the Local Security Policy console by clicking Start, typing secpol.msc in the search box, and pressing Enter. In the Local Security Policy console, click Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Remote Registry. In the right pane of this window, double-click Enable Remote Registry Service for Administrators. On the Options tab of this window, select Require authentication for all users who connect from remote systems and click OK. ..

To find out the names of all the other computers on your network, you can go to the System folder in Control Panel and look for a list of names. ..

Remote Shutdown via Command Prompt

The shutdown command is most flexible when used from the command prompt because you can add a bunch of switches to it, which allow you to customize the behavior. To use the shutdown command from the command prompt, type CMD in the command window.

Shutdown /x, shutdown /y, shutdown /z

-cmd: This is the command line interface for the system. It allows you to type commands into the console and see their results. -ps: This is a command that prints out all of the processes on the system. -netstat: This command shows all of the network connections on the system.

Computer shuts down.

Computer starts up again.

Shut down the target remote computer by using the computer’s computer name.

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/w: Will wait a certain amount of time before shutting down or restarting if there is a problem

If you used a previous shutdown command with /t, Aborts will abort the shutdown if it is currently in progress. ..

net stop netstat -an | find “Local Area Connection” net stop netstat -an | find “Remote Machine” The first command stops all the network services on your computer. The second command finds all the machines on your network and their associated IP addresses. ..

This command will restart the computer named computername and force all programs that are still running to close.

To shutdown a computer:

  1. Open the Start menu and click on “Shutdown.”
  2. In the Shut Down dialog box, type in the name of the computer you want to shutdown and click on “Shutdown.”
  3. If you are prompted to save your work, click on “Yes” to save your current settings and close all programs.
  4. After the computer has shut down, a message will appear telling you that it has been shut down and giving you the option to restart it or power off the machine.
  5. After 60 seconds have elapsed, the computer will automatically power off. ..

Remote Shutdown via Shutdown Dialog

If you don’t like the way the shutdown command works or want to use a different switch to shutdown your computer, you can bring up the shutdown dialog box by using the /i command switch.

The remote shutdown dialog will now appear as shown below. ..

To add computers to the list:

  1. Click the Add or Browse button.
  2. Enter in the network name of the computer in the format \computername or just computername, either works.
  3. Click OK. You can now run the commands on the entire batch of computers. ..

Computer names are important, and you can determine their specific function by looking at the manufacturer’s website. So, if you have a computer with a name like “Windows 7 Home Premium”, you can shutdown it by pressing the power button and then selecting “Shutdown”. If you have a computer with a name like “Windows 10 Pro”, then it can restart by pressing the power button and then selecting “Restart”.

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Remote Shutdown via Batch File

Create a batch file to automate your online security tasks.

Notepad -a “C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe” Notepad -a “C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /c " This will open the command prompt and run the two commands in sequence.

Shutdown the computer on computer 1 and shutdown the computer on computer 2.

To create a batch file, first choose All Files for Save as type and add .bat to the end of the file name. Then, simply save the file with the desired extension. ..

This will restart three computers on my home network. You can put as many commands into the batch file as you like, so feel free to experiment! ..

In this article, we will be discussing how to use batch files in Windows. A batch file is a collection of small, specific commands or tasks that can be run together in sequence. This makes them perfect for automating tasks or processes. When you create a batch file, you are essentially creating a series of commands or instructions that can be run one after the other without having to wait for the next one to finish. This is great for when you need to automate a process but don’t want to wait for the entire command line to run before starting another one. To create a new batch file, open up your Start screen and type “cmd” into the search bar. Once you have found it, press Enter and type “batch” into the command prompt. You will now see a new window open up with the “bat” extension. Type “new-bat” into the command prompt and hit Enter. You will now see a new batch file created! Now that we have created our new batch file, we can start using it! To start using it, we just need to type “bat mybatchfile” into the command prompt and hit Enter. This will start running our newly created batch file!