Shutting down external pc

[Guest]

Hey there,

I have a question about the "shutdown" command in windows cmd. I have tried
to shut down a pc in my home network (all Windows Xp Pro) by typing shutdown
-s -m \\computername but got a message I didn`t have permission to that.

I want to know how I can grant myself permission to shut down that computer.

Greets,

Erik

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hey there,

I have a question about the "shutdown" command in windows cmd. I have
tried to shut down a pc in my home network (all Windows Xp Pro) by
typing shutdown -s -m \\computername but got a message I didn`t have
permission to that.

I want to know how I can grant myself permission to shut down that
computer.

Greets,

Erik

Presuming you're using a workgroup, you need to make sure that all logins &
passwords exist on all computers, basically. If you're logging into PC1 as
Erik/password123, and want to do anything on PC2, you have to have
Erik/password123 on PC2 as well - and you would want Erik to be a local
computer administrator wherever needed.

You might also look at PSShutdown -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/psshutdown.mspx

 

[Guest]

Presuming you're using a workgroup, you need to make sure that all logins &
passwords exist on all computers, basically. If you're logging into PC1 as
Erik/password123, and want to do anything on PC2, you have to have
Erik/password123 on PC2 as well - and you would want Erik to be a local
computer administrator wherever needed.

You might also look at PSShutdown -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/psshutdown.mspx

Well yes I`m using a usergroup. But isn`t there a way to controll other pc`s
for shutting down different from creating an exact same account on that
computer. I would like to controll the other pc without having to log in with
the same account on the other computer but with a different one and different
password

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Well yes I`m using a usergroup.

Workgroup, you mean....

But isn`t there a way to controll
other pc`s for shutting down different from creating an exact same
account on that computer. I would like to controll the other pc
without having to log in with the same account on the other computer
but with a different one and different password

You have to have rights to do it, so either you script something that passes
along the correct credentials, or you set up an admin-equivalent account on
each computer which matches the one you're using, and do it that way. Check
out the link I posted.