Control Dual Boot Remotely

[Jim]

I'm running a dual boot (Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003) computer at a
remote location.

I normally use Remote Desktop to operate this computer and I shut it down or
reboot it using "shutdown" from the command line.

My question - is there a way to remotely reboot this computer into the
second operating system? The shutdown command does not seem to offer this
option.

TIA

Jim

 

[John]

I'm running a dual boot (Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003) computer at
a remote location.

I normally use Remote Desktop to operate this computer and I shut it down
or reboot it using "shutdown" from the command line.

My question - is there a way to remotely reboot this computer into the
second operating system? The shutdown command does not seem to offer this
option.

TIA

Jim

The only way I can think of is to edit the boot.ini
file to change the default startup OS and then do a restart.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

That is I always do.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

I'm running a dual boot (Windows XP Pro & Windows Server 2003) computer at
a remote location.

I normally use Remote Desktop to operate this computer and I shut it down
or reboot it using "shutdown" from the command line.

My question - is there a way to remotely reboot this computer into the
second operating system? The shutdown command does not seem to offer this
option.

TIA

Jim

The only way I can think of is to edit the boot.ini
file to change the default startup OS and then do a restart.