Shutdown remote computer command line windows 7

Actually , while not every command accepts dash - switches, the shutdown command certainly does. So, in our example, it works exactly as described. But hey, thanks for the condescending, unhelpful, and objectively incorrect comment. AB says:. January 7, at pm. MacrameTrumpToupee says:. January 30, at am. May 20, at pm. Jaymin Joshi says:. Saturday, December 27, AM. If not go to Start and there search for command prompt. In command prompt type the below. Friday, February 13, PM. The answer you were looking for was to use Windows Security which appears on gui right above Logoff arrow after clicking Windows start button.

Wednesday, February 3, PM. It works! Thursday, November 17, PM. Great solution. Friday, September 29, PM. Thank you, Jose' Just what I needed. I needed a fast answer this morning for an overdue incident ticket and hit google. The first search of the day, first article, and best answer.

Harold Krause. Thursday, October 12, PM. Remote desktop comes handy for those situations. But if you have lot of computers which need to be shutdown then doing it from a batch file would be very helpful.

Such a command would save lot of time for system administrators. You can see below how to use this tool. If you want to schedule the shutdown at a specific time you can use -t switch to specify the time in 24 hours format. For example, to schedule remote computer shutdown at pm today, the command would be:.

Let people know who is in charge, who is shutting them down? Personally, I would avoid this switch, the syntax is tricky the numbers obscure and worst of all it does nothing exciting. That said the idea is sound, it enters a reason for the shutdown in the event log. For me, this switch is an option, an option that I do not take.

See more about Cancel Windows Shutdown. Note 2: Here is another example of Shutdown in action. Consider making a shortcut to shutdown. The benefit is that you have a GUI to control your shutdowns or restarts.