Shutting down another computer on a LAN

[skeedo]

Is there any way I can shut down my downstairs computer from my upstairs computer without installing a remote management program like VNC? I don't want to waste memory and bandwidth on a program that I would have to use less than once per day.

 

[ktwebb]

What OS?

 

[kevnich2]

Go into a command prompt and type in shutdown /i and press enter, it'll then give a GUI dialog box, add the computer name or IP you want to shutdown, select restart from the list, uncheck give dialog box, add a comment and press ok. It'll send a remote shutdown to that computer.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: kevnich2
Go into a command prompt and type in shutdown /i and press enter, it'll then give a GUI dialog box, add the computer name or IP you want to shutdown, select restart from the list, uncheck give dialog box, add a comment and press ok. It'll send a remote shutdown to that computer.

But you have to be an administrator and have administrator priveleges on the remote computer. If you are using a Win2k variant OS you should be fine.