Shutdown Network Remotely

[Guest]

Okay. I have a network of about 8-9 computers. I used to be able to remotely
shut them down by going to a dos prompt and using the following command:

FOR /L %i in (245,1,252) DO shutdown /f /s /m \\192.168.123.%i

I was using XP Pro SP2 and all the admin passwords matched mine so that each
system on the network accepted the command. Now, each time I do it I get an
"Access is denied" error and the systems don't accept the command.

Bear in mind that I am already running under admin priveliges and each
computer has the same admin password as I do so that each system accepts my
command. Also, no firewalls have been turned on. What happened and how can I
correct this?

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Okay. I have a network of about 8-9 computers. I used to be able to remotely
shut them down by going to a dos prompt and using the following command:

FOR /L %i in (245,1,252) DO shutdown /f /s /m \\192.168.123.%i

I was using XP Pro SP2 and all the admin passwords matched mine so that each
system on the network accepted the command. Now, each time I do it I get an
"Access is denied" error and the systems don't accept the command.

Bear in mind that I am already running under admin priveliges and each
computer has the same admin password as I do so that each system accepts my
command. Also, no firewalls have been turned on. What happened and how can I
correct this?

Hi

What happens if you try PsShutdown.exe in the free PsTools suite
instead?

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml

 

[Guest]

I figured out the problem. XP's policy for "Network Access: Sharing and
security model for local accounts" was set to authenticate as guest by
default. So even though my information matched to the computer, it was
telling the computer itself that I was a guest. I changed it to authenticate
as a local user and it works great.