Shut down any pc in a network ?

Question

I was told that the following command can switch of any pc over a network?

-s -m \\computer_name

But what name do I use to choose which pc to shut down? The owners name / the port connection number of the name given to the pc by the owner?

Answer 1

Goto a command prompt (Start, run, type cmd )
Then type Shutdown and hit enter. This will give you the swithes you can use to shutdown a PC on the network. Better yet type shutdown -i to get a graphical screen (for beginners). Keep in mind you need to have rights on the remote pc to shut it down.
Example for forcing shutdown of a pc called office from cmd line.

shutdown -s -m \\office

But stick with shutdown -i for now. You can do the same thing, just easier to see.

Answer 2

the command is:

shutdown -s -m \\computer_name

computer_name is the actual name of the computer, either NETBIOS name or FQDN.

Open a command window on the computer in question and type:

echo %COMPUTERNAME%

and you will get the name of the computer

You can also shutdown (and manage) a remote computer by right-clicking on "my computer" and selecting"Manage".

Right-Click on "Computer Management" and select "Connect to a Different Computer" Enter in the remote computer's name and click ok.

Right click on "Computer Management (remote computer name)" and select properties. Click the "Advanced" tab. Then click "Settings" under "Startup and Recovery"

There is a shutdown button at the bottom of that window.

You need to have administrative access on the target machine to be able to do any of this.

Answer 3

The actual name of the computer on the network.

Answer 4

you need to use command prompt to do that im guessing its blocked in ur skl. if it blocked, open notepad and type @echo off cmd @echo on exactly like that, and save it as anything.bat open it wherever u saved it, and type in the command shutdown -s the school computers should be organised by name or number or sometthing so u need to find out the info of a computer so to shutdown, shutdown -s -m \\computername/num and ur done. works everytime.

Answer 5

Computer name can also be an ip address.

Eg: shutdown -s -m \\192.168.1.1

Try typing shudown /? into a command prompt to show what the parameters mean.

Answer 6

the computer name
you can find it in My computer
Click system information (on the left sidebar thingy)and computer name.

Answer 7

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