How do I reboot a computer remotely?

[Wekiva]

Can someone help me with the wording needed to set up in a file that when run will reboot the computer?

I recently did a full reinstall of my system and one thing I forgot to back up was the file someone helped me create that I could run after remotely logging into my computer that would shut down everything and then reboot the computer.

I basically used wordpad to set up a file...maybe a .scr or .bat file...that was a very short few words. I would then double click this remotely and it did the rest.

 

[corkyg]

Today that is easily done using GoToMyPC. I find it extremely easy to set up and use.

MyPC

 

[downhiller80]

This it totally off the top of my head, but I seem to remember it being something like

Start -> Run -> shutdown /r

 

[nova2]

pretty simple

psexec \\box5 -u username -s shutdown.exe -r -t 0 -f
(psexec is from sysinternals/microsoft)

input password when asked.

 

[HannibalX]

pstools are great! I use them daily.

 

[bwatson283]

rdp in, start->Shut down 🙂