[blastedtoys]

I've got 2 computers with vista. They are both on the same LAN network but when i use the shutdown -m computername -s command nothing happens.. What can i be doing wrong??:|

[piyushsingh]

blastedtoys said:

I've got 2 computers with vista. They are both on the same LAN network but when i use the shutdown -m computername -s command nothing happens.. What can i be doing wrong??:|

use the administrative command prompt rather than a normal one. Type cmd in vista start menu , right click and run as administrator to get an adminstrative command prompt. Then write the shutdown command.

[blastedtoys]

I have been doing that.. I heard somewhere that the username and password on the one computer had to be the same as the username and password on the other computer so should i just go to controls and change my username and password so they are the same?

[piyushsingh]

I never knew about the username & passwords being same. You can try that, but Are you getting any error message or is it just blank after hitting enter ?

[BAMT]

You have to authenticate as the administrator on the remote computer in the command. Try 'shutdown /?' or try a 'net user computernameusername /password ' in a .bat file before the shutdown command. Check on the /Password, though, as I'm on Linux right now.

[blastedtoys]

ok how do i authenticate myself as adminstrator?can't seem to get the 'net user computernameusername /password ' thing to work... I will just download some software then i think this might take along time for me to solve.:)

[piyushsingh]

btw - you can also shut down from the remote desktop. I always do it that way. Connect to the 2nd pc using remote desktop and open a command there. Then shutdown -s will turn that off and the remote connection will disconnect automatically.
The above method should also work , i cant relate it to any such that the password has to be same.

[blastedtoys]

ok so you are saying the i just have to be using the same username but not the same password? Edit: that i don't need a password on my computers?

[stnickt]

blastedtoys, on 25 June 2008 - 11:57 AM, said:

ok so you are saying the i just have to be using the same username but not the same password? Edit: that i don't need a password on my computers?

I have been using the following syntax with the same issues
bother server and client usernames and passwords are the same

from client cmd (ran as admin):
host machine name (trying to be shutdown": "server"

Win R, cmd
runas "/user:server\login" "shutdown -m \\server -f -s -t 05"
Enter the password for server\login: (typed in pw then hit enter)

it then opens a second cmd prompt which is blank, then closes...but nothing happens on server

[LiveBrianD]

blastedtoys, on 25 June 2008 - 06:18 AM, said:

I've got 2 computers with vista. They are both on the same LAN network but when i use the shutdown -m computername -s command nothing happens.. What can i be doing wrong??:|

It looks like you are using the wrong syntax(s) on it. It is actually this:

shutdown -s -m \\otherpc -t 30 -c "Your message here"

You can replace -s with -r for restart. Replace otherpc with the actual name, but keep the \\ before it. The -t 30 is optional (if not specified 30 seconds will be used), and is in seconds. -c "Your message here" is also optional, but if you choose to use it make sure you keep the double quotes ", just replace Your message here with whatever you want.

[GMitch]

blastedtoys, on 25 June 2008 - 11:43 AM, said:

ok how do i authenticate myself as adminstrator?can't seem to get the 'net user computernameusername /password ' thing to work... I will just download some software then i think this might take along time for me to solve.

That didn't work because the person who brought it up made a bunch of typos. This should work: 'net use \\(computername)\IPC$ (password) /u:(computername)\(username)'

if you get an error that you can't connect to the same resource with multiple accounts, then 'net use' will tell you what is already mounted, and 'net use [whatever is mounted, like "\\[computername]\[share]"] /delete' will take care of that, then try the first command again.

After that, run 'shutdown /i' and you can pick your options in a nice fancy window. I successfully used this just now to shut down a remote machine on our network that was giving me fits. Or try to build the correct command line for that, which I suspect is your other problem. Every time I have ever used the shutdown command, I must use '/' switches, not '-' switches, it ignores the '-' ones in my experience, which would fit your statement that it "does nothing," as opposed to the problem I was having when I googled up this thread, which was "Access Denied" errors. Your idea about using "runas" might also work if you use '/' switches. (That is, maybe try 'runas "/user:server\login" "shutdown /m \\server /f /s /t 05"')

Thanks, other thread folks, for giving me the idea of mounting with net, I was a little surprised that there was no direct command switch to authenticate (at least 'shutdown /?' doesn't list anything about authenticating with the remote computer.)