Remote shutdown using 'shutdown'

12 Jun 2005 3:32 PM

NMR-Administrator

I am trying to shut down a remote computer which shares my UPS. I am using
shutdown -s -m \\MicrosoftNetworkComputerName and I get an "access denied"
error. I feel I should be running some kind of server on the remote PC but I
can't find out what. I have explored all manner of ways of enabling remote
access. I can access shared folders on that machine.

Any help would be most welcome.

Sincerely,
Andy

12 Jun 2005 8:06 PM

Chuck

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 08:32:01 -0700, "NMR-Administrator"
<NMR-Administra***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am trying to shut down a remote computer which shares my UPS. I am using
>shutdown -s -m \\MicrosoftNetworkComputerName and I get an "access denied"
>error. I feel I should be running some kind of server on the remote PC but I
>can't find out what. I have explored all manner of ways of enabling remote
>access. I can access shared folders on that machine.
>
>Any help would be most welcome.
>
>Sincerely,
>Andy

Andy,

Are you logged on with an account that has administrative authority over the
remote computer, or are you using a RunAs command with administrative authority?
If not, shutdown won't work.

What operating system - name and edition - is on each computer?

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