Remote shutdown help needed

[Walter Rowntree]

I have a small network (10 computers, dedicated server) in
my business. When I type:
shutdown -r -f -m \\workstation3
at any of the other workstations or the server, I get an
'access is denied' message. When I do it on workstation3
(with or without the -m switch, so I am not shutting it
down remotely in this case, it shuts down and restarts. I
am logged on as the administrator and 'administrators'
appears in 'force shutdown from a remote system' in the
User Rights Assignment of Local Policies. Can anyone tell
me what I'm missing here? Thanks for your time.

 

[Roger Abell]

Then your server is not configured as a domain
controller to organize the 10 clients into a single
administrative realm ?

 

[Jeremy]

You must have administrative rights on \\workstation3 If \\workstation3
belongs to a domain add an administrator account to \\workstation3. Then
using that administrator account try the remote again.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

I have a small network (10 computers, dedicated server) in
my business. When I type:
shutdown -r -f -m \\workstation3
at any of the other workstations or the server, I get an
'access is denied' message. When I do it on workstation3
(with or without the -m switch, so I am not shutting it
down remotely in this case, it shuts down and restarts. I
am logged on as the administrator and 'administrators'
appears in 'force shutdown from a remote system' in the
User Rights Assignment of Local Policies. Can anyone tell
me what I'm missing here? Thanks for your time.

Hi

If this is not in a domain environment, but a workgroup, you might need to
adjust the ForceGuest registry value (WinXP Pro only).

WinXP in a workgroup setting defaults to authenticate all connections coming
from "the network" as the Guest User.

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