Remote restart desktops 1

[FatEric]

Hi all,

At work we have 8 desktops at various locations which all show some info. But sometimes the desktop stops working / hangs ... Now I want to write op program which restarts the desktops trough the network. I have the network adress and my question to you all is how I can execture the shutdown command on a specific desktop. I know how I can do it on my on pc (shutdown -r -t 10 -f), and I know there is an option to do so over the netwerk.

But I want to create a form with 8 buttons, each button linked to a specific computer.

Can someone provide me the command how i can execute the shutdown on a remote pc?

Thanks FatEric

 

[chrissie1]

Lets think. If your computer hangs can you then still do "shutdown -r -t 10 -f" ? Me thinks not.

If a computer hangs then how are you going to communicate with it?

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[FatEric]

Indeed good remark. I will correct myself. The application running on the computer hangs / is giving errors... The computer self is still running.

FatEric
also Belgium

 

[chrissie1]

Then you want to restart or close down your application, not the computer, right?



Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[FatEric]

On those pc's there is a autologin script. Also those pc's are locked up in a case (so no one can do something with it, only we). So it would be nice if we could remote restart it.

If found a vb.net command, but is does not seem to work:

Dim WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Exec("shutdown /s /m \\comp /t 5 /f")

Don't think it is that easy, right?

Thanks, FatEric

 

[chrissie1]

I would think a good OS (;-)) would block such things. So I would create a second program that has remoting built in so that you can execute that command locally.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[FatEric]

The idea is that there does not have to be put an extra program on the network pc's...

 

[chrissie1]

Perhaps a telnet session then.

Christiaan Baes
Belgium

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[FatEric]

I will ask my boss what he thinks of that solution. For now I think it is not possible to write a small prog that does the trick.

Thanks for the answers.

Greetz, FatEric