How to Do a Remote Shutdown for a PC on a LAN
Steps 1 Open the command prompt. This may be done by clicking on the "Start" button, and selecting "Run". Ad 2 Type in cmd and press Enter. 3 Type in shutdown -m \\computername , replacing "computername" with the name of the computer you wish to shutdown or the computer's IP address. 4 Experiment with the shutdown command's switches. -r will force a restart, disabling any services or user interaction from interrupting it. -c "comment" will force a comment to appear on the system being shutdown. -t xx will force a timeout for "xx" seconds. For example, -t 60 would perform a shutdown after a 60-second timeout. -a will abort the shutdown. A full command example: shutdown -m \\myserver -r -c "This system will shutdown in 60 seconds" -t 60 5 Try another method: Type shutdown -i in the run window. Click the "Add" box and type the name of the computer ...