Network messages and Remote shutdown.

Priapus

Priapus

Priapus

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Howzit all,

At my house I have 4 computers connected to a LAN. Three PC's and one laptop all linked up to each other. Now I was playing with a few things last night and found a way to send messages to each computer or to a certain computer using the command promt, using "Net Send Computer's name message"

Thus was actually quite fun, which lead me to thinking, is there a app I can download which is like MSN or similer which I can chat to people in the house on a chat program like MSN, but just through the LAN not an Internet connection?

The second thing is; how can I remotely shut down a certain pc on the network from my pc? I tried a shortcut on my desktop using 'shutdown.exe -i' but that didn't work too well. :(.
Also is there a way to restart or log off a machine off the network?

Is there another way I can do this, if so, how?

Any help would be great! :D

Thanks guys.
 
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Hi,

Yes, I'm using Windows Xp Pro. So can I do it like that? Do I need and special accses on the pc I want to shut down?
 
A lot of help there, null.

Thanks man, appericate it and will give it all ago, could be a lot of fun! :D

Will that software work on XP Home or is it only the Pro versions?
 
null said:
edit - btw, just to make sure it's obvious enough - you must be running power off on the remote computer as well, else it simply won't work. The easiest and neatest way I find for doing this is to copy the power off exe to any folder you like - (I choose the Windows folder), run the program, and click install as service. This way it always runs, even after restarting when no users have logged on yet.

Hope this helps, null :)
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On this bit, do you mean I can send the .exe file to the remote computer over my network, then install it from my pc to their pc over the network?
 
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