In Command Prompt, using the shutdown command...?

Question

What is an example of a remote computer name? Is it possible to shut off any computer as long as you know their name? How would I find the name?

Answer 1

unless you are network administrator you can not simply shutdown a remote computer.

right click on the my computer that you want to shutdown and click on the computer name tab. there you will find the computer name

and type this cmd
shutdown -m\\computername (Remote computer to shutdown)

Answer 2

Windows XP: Start -> Run -> cmd -> OK then type: to shut down: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01 -s shutsdown command -t seets timeout for shutdown 00 seconds interval -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)

Answer 3

No, it's not possible to shut down any computer. You have to either have the computer or have remote access to the computer (which is set up on that computer, to allow access and that particular procedure).