Right, but it also lets you specify a target machine from the command line. I shutdown or restart remote machines all the time using the shutdown command. My point was you could write a script that loops the shutdown command pulling the target machine from a txt file (similar to what Dylan recommended). This script could then be scheduled from the "master" machine. I have not tried it with the /i argument to see if it would be interactive but it might work. I know you can at least specify the "countdown" to give the user time to save what they are working on.
-TS Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of McKay, Curtis Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:43 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] shutdown script Tom, psexec is a tool you run from one machine to send a remote command to other machines. They recommending to use psexec to fire off the shutdown tool on the workstations. Curtis McKay Network Administrator Belleville Township High School District 201 cmc...@bths201.org<mailto:cmc...@bths201.org> From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Steele, Thomas C Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:37 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] shutdown script You should also be able to use the built-in "shutdown" command (in command line mode, not GUI) in a similar manner. I don't think it is any better than psexec, but since it is built in it would save you from having to install the psexec app on the remote computers. -TS Thomas C. Steele Technology Director Manteno CUSD #5 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Dylan Haines Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:32 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] shutdown script psexec will take a list of PCs - I used variables to read in a list of PC names, and then run whatever command I wanted - install programs, kill processes etc. Something like this, where computers.txt is a list of PCs: @echo off set ADMIN=my-admin-user set PASS=my-admin-user-password FOR /F %%X IN (computers.txt) DO ( psexec %%X -u %ADMIN% -p %PASS% taskkill /F /IM process-to-kill.exe ) Dylan Haines Systems Technical Support Manager HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. Box 725, The Hive 37 Hall Street Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 Cell: (902)553-0706 Fax: (902)634-3647 www.hb-studios.com<blocked::blocked::http://www.hb-studios.com/> ________________________________ From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Smeltzer, Matt Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:26 AM To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org Subject: [tech-geeks] shutdown script Anyone have a script or run by or have any ideas how I can pump a script out to machines listed in txt file to shut them down everyday at 6pm... this script can run from a master computer and run everynight that is fine.. but it has to give the option to cancel or to shutdown only the specified computers at 6pm... Thanks Matt -------------------------------------------- Matt Smeltzer - CNA 5.1, Net+ Network Specialist Halifax Regional School Board msmelt...@hrsb.ns.ca<mailto:msmelt...@hrsb.ns.ca> (902) 464-2000 ext 2280
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