remote reboot

S

Scott

is there a way to reboot a windows xp computer remotely
that i normally have the ability to make a remote desktop
connection to. the connection does establish but there is
a hung program that is causing the desktop to not respond.
 
N

null

Scott said:
is there a way to reboot a windows xp computer remotely
that i normally have the ability to make a remote desktop
connection to. the connection does establish but there is
a hung program that is causing the desktop to not respond.

You can do a reboot with the following from a command line:

shutdown -r -f

The -r switch tells it to reboot.
The -f switch tells it to force running applications to close without
warning when shutting down.

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The reader should exercise normal caution and backup the Registry and
data files regularly, and especially before making any changes to their
PC, as well as performing regular virus and spyware scans. I am not
liable for problems or mishaps that occur from the reader using advice
posted here. No warranty, express or implied, is given with the posting
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