How to log off, restart and shutdown,
connected computer from one location?
Windows XP has a built-in feature (shutdown
tools) that is used to shutdown any connected computers from any one
computer. Using this feature, you can log off, restart and shutdown any
computer in your network. This tip is very useful for you, if you are a
Network Administrator at your company, because if you have experience to
shutdown all connected computers daily in your local area network one by
one, definitely that job is annoying
responsibility for you.
Follow
the given steps to configure shutdown tool on your computer:
To use
this feature, you will need to be logged into your computer with
administrative rights.
To
perform this task, first make sure your both computers are directly
connected or connected to network.
Click
Start button then type shutdown -i in Run option then press Enter
for next.
A small
windows dialog box will appear with the title "Remote Shutdown Dialog".
Here
first click on "Add" button to add computer, a small Add computers
window will open, here type the name or IP address of the computer (you
can add many computer for same action) that you want to turned off, then
press OK for next.
Now
select the action "What do you want these computers to do (log off,
restart or shutdown)". If you want to warn your users about this
action, select the check box "Warn users of the action" then set
time, display warning for 30 seconds or more.
Now
select the option that describes the reason to shutdown the computers
and also type some comments for users.
Now when
you press the OK button, the users will see a "System Shutdown Windows
"with time and comments that you had been set.
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