Simple batch file to shutdown a machine on the network?

DJMK4 · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:37

Hi,

I have a server at home running Windows server 2003, at the moment if I want to shut it down it means I have to log on using Ultra VNC from my laptop and shut it down, now this is not too bad, but when its late and you want to goto sleep I want to be able to run a simple batch file which will shut down the server with a single click of a button

Anyone got any quick ideas on how this is done? Just about to have a look on google myself. But I thought I would post it here aswel as others might want to know about this.

Thank you please

P.S I would like the batch file to be able to be run in a local environment (for when im on my LAN at home) and also over a WAN link for when im sitting at work (so it must use its LAN IP 192.168.0.5, and its WAN 92.x.x.x)

Thanks

Gzero · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:49

I never found an answer to this, but what I did was login in via Remote Desktop and shutdown the pc manually. However that pc was running Windows XP.

DJMK4 · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:51

Iv tried several batch files, none of them seem to be working

Only thing I can find at the moment are third party applications. Oh well, the search continues....

Maybe VB Script??

Gzero · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:55

Remember the server would need to be listening for a shutdown command, so unless you wrote a program that would do that...

dangerstat · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:56

Can you not use the command shutdown from the CLI?

Gzero · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:57

Wait what about this? Is this available to you?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371

DJMK4 · 17 Jan 2010 at 17:58

dangerstat said:
Can you not use the command shutdown from the CLI?

I could do but in theory if I was going to do this then surely a batch file should do the same, as it will through a command prompt?

DJMK4 · 17 Jan 2010 at 18:03

Found a batch file which is working

shutdown /s /m \\192.168.0.5

Shuts down my server in a set time from the LAN on my Windows 7 Laptop, time to work on this I think

dan0r2 · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:12

DJMK4 said:
Found a batch file which is working

shutdown /s /m \\192.168.0.5

Shuts down my server in a set time from the LAN on my Windows 7 Laptop, time to work on this I think

To use this from the WAN you'd need to to access the LAN via VPN.

Another approach that isn't too tricky would be creating a web page on the server that calls a local batch file that performs a shutdown. Then you could shutdown your server from anywhere with an internet connection... even your mobile phone.

Few results on google for "asp.net shutdown".

DJMK4 · 17 Jan 2010 at 19:30

dan0r2 said:
To use this from the WAN you'd need to to access the LAN via VPN.

Another approach that isn't too tricky would be creating a web page on the server that calls a local batch file that performs a shutdown. Then you could shutdown your server from anywhere with an internet connection... even your mobile phone.

Few results on google for "asp.net shutdown".

Thanks for this

I will certainly be looking in to this!