I run it from a server as a scheduled task to shutdown my desktops.  Works
great.

c:\PSTools\psshutdown -k -f -t 05 \\computername

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:11 AM, Kennedy, Jim
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Want to shut down our desktops at night. Always used psshutdown as a
> scheduled task for XP prior to this. Win 7 is proving to be quite an
> adventure. Screen popping a cancel button for the user is a requirement.**
> **
>
> Seems Win 7 uses different session id’s for users than xp did. At least on
> 64 bit which is what we have.  psshutdown has not been updated to reflect
> that, so the work around is to run it via psexec and use the session id
> feature of psexec.  Except now you have a service/program trying pop a
> message and Win 7 semi-blocks that…first it asks for your permission to pop
> the message. Very cumbersome and ugly.****
>
> Here is what I am doing:****
>
> psexec -i 1 -h -u domain\username -p "password -accepteula
> C:\psshutdown.exe-c -f -t 120 –accepteula****
>
> Any ideas how to skin this cat? I am willing to go third party at this
> point.****
>
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