Q: how to restart the remote machine in a remote desktop connection?

[JD]

Hi,

When accessing another computer using a "Remote desktop connection", I
occasionally need to reboot (restart) the remote machine. Is it possible?
It seems that the "Restart" option is disabled from anywhere, including the
start menu and the task manager. Any help is much apprecated.

JD

 

[John John - MVP]

Ctrl+Alt+End or use the Shutdown command. You could have easily found
this information with a search on the internet.

John

 

[JD]

Hi John,

Ctrl+Alt+End is for the local machine, not for the remote machine. The
shutdown command totally disappears from the Start button (at the
left-bottom corner of the screen) of the remote machine. Thanks for any
further help.

JD

 

[Big_Al]

JD said this on 4/27/2009 6:01 PM:

Hi,

When accessing another computer using a "Remote desktop connection", I
occasionally need to reboot (restart) the remote machine. Is it possible?
It seems that the "Restart" option is disabled from anywhere, including the
start menu and the task manager. Any help is much apprecated.

JD

I reboot mine all the time. Start->shutdown.
If shutdown is not on the start (and I don't know why) then maybe right
click the task bar and do task manager. There is a shutdown there too.

 

[John John - MVP]

That is not how it works at my end, when I Ctrl+Alt+End and shutdown it
shuts down the remote and the local stays on. I don't know why it would
be different on your machine.

John

 

[JD]

JD said this on 4/27/2009 6:01 PM:
I reboot mine all the time. Start->shutdown.
If shutdown is not on the start (and I don't know why) then maybe right
click the task bar and do task manager. There is a shutdown there too.

My shutdown option is missing from the remote's task manager ....

 

[JD]

When we click the remote desktop connection icon, a dialog box is popped up.
In the option, I select "local resources". In the keyboard section, I
choose key combinations to be sent to the remote computer (acutally I tried
all the three options), but it still fails. That is, ctrl-alt-del is sent
to the local machine.

JD

 

[John John - MVP]

Terminal Server Client Shortcut Key Combinations
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=186624

John

 

[John John - MVP]

Not: Ctrl+Alt+ *del* that is a local sequence.

Use Ctrl+Alt+ *END*

See my other post with link to TS Client Shortcut Keys.

John

 

[JD]

Thanks so much. It works now.

JD

Not: Ctrl+Alt+ *del* that is a local sequence.

Use Ctrl+Alt+ *END*

See my other post with link to TS Client Shortcut Keys.

John

 

[John John - MVP]

You're welcome.

John

Thanks so much. It works now.

JD

 

[Twayne]

Hi,

When accessing another computer using a "Remote desktop connection", I
occasionally need to reboot (restart) the remote machine. Is it
possible? It seems that the "Restart" option is disabled from
anywhere, including the start menu and the task manager. Any help is
much apprecated.
JD

You don't say how you're remoting, but most programs won't let you send
the shut down or restart commands for security reasons, plus they'll
often only be captured and used for your own machine.
Look for a special command to use in order to send a restart
command. In mine it's a function key.
Realize also that when it restarts, your connection to the other
machine is going to be gone (modems, routers etc. all reset too), so
unless you have it manned, it has to be set to allow you to reconnect
after the restart or to search out your own machine. There are
different methods for this too unless you have someone at the remote
machine to allow/deny the re-access for you. I'm assuming no one is
there since you want to do it remotely though.

I haven't looked thru the string of posts with JD but it doesn't look
solved yet so perhaps some of this will help you out.

Just how are you trying to set things up and is the other machine set up
to reaccess it?

HTH,

Twayne

 

[JD]

You don't say how you're remoting, but most programs won't let you send
the shut down or restart commands for security reasons, plus they'll often
only be captured and used for your own machine.
Look for a special command to use in order to send a restart command.
In mine it's a function key.
Realize also that when it restarts, your connection to the other machine
is going to be gone (modems, routers etc. all reset too), so unless you
have it manned, it has to be set to allow you to reconnect after the
restart or to search out your own machine. There are different methods
for this too unless you have someone at the remote machine to allow/deny
the re-access for you. I'm assuming no one is there since you want to do
it remotely though.

I haven't looked thru the string of posts with JD but it doesn't look
solved yet so perhaps some of this will help you out.

Just how are you trying to set things up and is the other machine set up
to reaccess it?

HTH,

Twayne

Hi Twayne,

Thank you for your answer. I still didn't find the reason why the shutdown
command is missing from my task manager and the start menu. However, John
already taught me to use ctrl-alt-end (not ctrl-alt-del) to shut down the
remote machine. It works on my machine. I am happy enough and feel it's
not necessary to figure out why the shutdown command is missing. Thank you
so much for your help as well.

JD