Shutting down Windows XP remotely.

hacker supreme · 03-20-2007, 05:55 PM

Having got my LAN working perfectly well, I am looking for a way to shut down the other computer remotely, so I don't have to go downstairs to shut it down. (Yeah, it's an internet connection sharing thing. I work late into the night and I'm just too tired to traipse downstairs and shut it down.)

My preferred way would be to use an RPC or something similar.

Thanks for any help.

macemoneta · 03-20-2007, 06:25 PM

You can use rdesktop. It's like a VNC for Windows.

michaelk · 03-20-2007, 06:29 PM

You can also use the task scheduler to run the PsShutdown command at the desired time. You can download PsShutdown from the MS website.

phil.d.g · 03-20-2007, 06:38 PM

theres a utility thats part of the Windows (XP at least): shutdown. It can be used to remotely shutdown other computers.

edit: Assumes both computers are Windows XP

hacker supreme · 03-20-2007, 06:45 PM

macemoneta: Right, I'll try that...

Thanks for the prompt response. Although, I must admit I was hoping for a way to trigger the shutdown manually but remotely. Sort of like running a command that starts a batch file on the Windows PC. But thanks anyway.

lurko · 03-20-2007, 08:32 PM

http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/applications.html

Quote:

Poweroff is a small program for Win95/98/NT/W2K/XP to schedule a shutdown/reboot/logoff/poweroff/Standby/Hibernate/Lock/Wake-On-LAN at a certain time. I also support command line options that allows poweroff to be used in batch scripts. It has a built-in scheduler, it allows you to run a program before doing the action, you can give a warning message to the user, wait for a process to finish before doing the action and full remote control is supported.

It's windows only though. I just now started it up without issue under WINE(edit: 0.9.25), but did not test any features (namely due to a lack of windows boxes I want to shutdown). Anyway, it's supposed to support remote machine shutdown(though I never tried to use that function back in the day and have no idea how or if it works, but I assume it does). I hope it's useful.

Shade · 03-20-2007, 10:23 PM

If on a domain, you can run:

Code:

shutdown -s -t 0 -m \\machinename

From another windows box. If not on a domain, you may be able to specify a username and password via the CLI.

You could also use wmic to do the same. (Windows Management Interface Commandline)

Code:

wmic /node:machinename process call create "shutdown -s -t 0"

Both require admin rights and WinXP Pro.

-- Shade

hacker supreme · 03-21-2007, 06:42 AM

funny, after I posted my last post, I thought about using that tsshutdn thing with WINE.
That shuts down the PC and it can do it remotely. Well, I can but try.

EDIT: Nope. doesn't work. Ah well, onto rdesktop then.

lurko · 03-22-2007, 02:22 AM

can't you enable terminal services on the Windows box and just log in to CMD or something (I assume your lan is behind a firewall)? I'm talking out of my ass here, it just seems like that's something that should be possible to me.

rdesktop is a great app though. Just enable remote desktop on the XP box and that's about it. You'll want to write a bash script/shortcut that includes your desired screen resoltion/depth and login detail(s) (which are all commandline options, you can leave out your password and be promted though), but then you're set.

Crito · 03-22-2007, 03:43 AM

Shutdown command is included with NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 resource kits too BTW.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371

hacker supreme · 03-23-2007, 05:02 PM

Ah, thanks for all the help. I just threw RealVNC onto the windows PC and I can access it using vncviewer. (I found out why it didn't work, FIREWALL. Duh...)

But I can shut the Win Pc down from upstairs now. yay!