JSI Tip 4086. PsShutdown command-line freeware works on both the local and remote computers.

"Windows NT/2K does not come with a built-in command-line shutdown command. However, both the Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000 Resource Kits come with shutdown, a program that you can use to shutdown local and remote computers. PsShutdown is a clone of the Resource Kit shutdown tool, providing you the same options and ability to shutdown, and optionally reboot, local and remote Windows NT/2K systems.

Installation

Just copy PsShutdown onto your executable path, and type PsShutdown with command-line options defined below.

PsShutdown works on NT 4.0, and Win2K.

Usage

You can use PsShutdown to initiate a shutdown of the local or a remote computer, or to abort an imiment shutdown.

PsShutdown v2.11 - local and remote system shutdown/lockCopyright (C) 2000-2003 Mark RussinovichSysinternals - www.sysinternals.comusage:psshutdown [-u Username [-p password] -r|-h|-d|-k [-t nn][-m "message"]                   [-f -a | -l | -o] [\computer]   -a          Abort a shutdown (only possible while countdown is in progress)   -d          Suspend the computer   -f          Forces running applications to close   -h          Hibernate the computer   -k          Poweroff the computer (reboot if poweroff is not supported)   -l          Lock the computer   -m          Message to display to logged on users   -o          Logoff the console user   -r          Reboot after shutdown   -s          Shutdown without poweroff   -t          Specifies countdown in seconds until shutdown (default is 20)   -u          Specifies optional user name for login to remote                computer.   -p          Specifies optional password for user name. If you omit this                you will be prompted to enter a hidden password.   \computer  Shutdown the remote computer specified