Simple way for remote shutdown in XP?

[Zico]

What is the easiest way to perform a remote shutdown on a Windows XP machine on a LAN without having to be setup with specific accounts?

I want to be able to switch off a pc (after it's supposed to be turned off by my younger brother) but I want make sure nobody can stop the process.

 

[Zico]

A Scheduled task would be ok if it were not for the sake of weekends/holidays. I don't often access the pc physically as a) I can't be bothered b) I've stopped all ability to download from the internet and have automatic virus/spyware protection setup (only last checked 2 days ago) hence a).

It's more for the occasion when he's purely acting up that I can just flick a switch my side and he won't know the difference.

 

[Zico]

shutdown -m //ipaddress -s -f

will do it.

Access is denied

providing you have a user account (admin rights) on the machine you can do the following:

Start | Run | Cmd

type "shutown /i" (without the quotes).

Add the machine name, and hit shutdown. Works great, i use it a lot to shut my machine down from this laptop because i'm too lazy to get out of bed

Microsoft XP remote shutdown

That is what I checked out before. I'd prefer not to have to make accounts between the two though I may have to do so.