I need a fast, minimum of mouse-clicks, power-up and shut-down solution

[Francis Elers]

Hi group,

Sorry if this is very basic but I use 98 SE at home and know most of the
tricks for that, but at work I have to switch on (and off at the end of the
day) half a dozen XP Pro. machines and I would like to be able to have them
do this with the minimum amount of baby-sitting.

At power-up they ask me to provide a password, which is not an option we
need, so the solution is simply to click the OK button, but I would love to
know how to configure the machines so that they avoid this stage altogether
and boot all the way to a desktop un-aided.

At shut-down, I get a dialog box asking me if I want to shutdown, restart,
or log on as a different user. Can I circumvent all of this? The best
thing for me would be a desktop icon which I can click which forces a
shutdown. I know in former OS versions, I could make a a batch file with
the line @EXIT in it and click on a shortcut to that batch file and that
would force a re-start (not quite the same but you get the idea). Anything
similar in XP?

All suggestions greatly appreciated.

Francis Elers.

 

[R. McCarty]

Just create a Shortcut, with a call to
Shutdown -r (Restart Parameter)
Shutdown -s (Complete Shutdown)

Open a Command Prompt & type Shutdown/?
to see a complete list of command qualifiers

 

[Steve Nielsen]

Make a shortcut with this in the target line:

%windir%\System32\Shutdown.exe -s -t 0

That'll shutdown pretty quickly but occaisionally you get the Ending
Program please wait crap, just let it do it's thing, it'll shut down
eventually.

For the auto logon deal read this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315231&Product=winxp

Steve

 

[John Ski]

Subject: I need a fast, minimum of mouse-clicks, power-up and shut-down

solution
From: "Francis Elers" (e-mail address removed)
Date: 4/29/2004 1:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <#[email protected]>

Hi group,

Sorry if this is very basic but I use 98 SE at home and know most of the
tricks for that, but at work I have to switch on (and off at the end of the
day) half a dozen XP Pro. machines and I would like to be able to have them
do this with the minimum amount of baby-sitting.

At power-up they ask me to provide a password, which is not an option we
need, so the solution is simply to click the OK button, but I would love to
know how to configure the machines so that they avoid this stage altogether
and boot all the way to a desktop un-aided.

At shut-down, I get a dialog box asking me if I want to shutdown, restart,
or log on as a different user. Can I circumvent all of this? The best
thing for me would be a desktop icon which I can click which forces a
shutdown. I know in former OS versions, I could make a a batch file with
the line @EXIT in it and click on a shortcut to that batch file and that
would force a re-start (not quite the same but you get the idea). Anything
similar in XP?

All suggestions greatly appreciated.

Francis Elers.

Here is the syntax I use for Shutdown Shortcuts %windir%\System32\SHUTDOWN.exe
-s -t 03
The "-t 03" specifies a wait of 3 seconds so that certain services, e.g. a
firewall, have time to close. You may also find it helpful.
For the startup, D/L TeakUI for XP from the MS Power Tools page. It has an
option to bypass the sign in screen.

HTH,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[NobodyMan]

Hi group,

Sorry if this is very basic but I use 98 SE at home and know most of the
tricks for that, but at work I have to switch on (and off at the end of the
day) half a dozen XP Pro. machines and I would like to be able to have them
do this with the minimum amount of baby-sitting.

At power-up they ask me to provide a password, which is not an option we
need, so the solution is simply to click the OK button, but I would love to
know how to configure the machines so that they avoid this stage altogether
and boot all the way to a desktop un-aided.

At shut-down, I get a dialog box asking me if I want to shutdown, restart,
or log on as a different user. Can I circumvent all of this? The best
thing for me would be a desktop icon which I can click which forces a
shutdown. I know in former OS versions, I could make a a batch file with
the line @EXIT in it and click on a shortcut to that batch file and that
would force a re-start (not quite the same but you get the idea). Anything
similar in XP?

All suggestions greatly appreciated.

Francis Elers.

Power Up: turn on computer/monitor. Wait for logon; enter user/pw
and hit enter.

Power off: Windows key, U, return.