I have been trying to use shutdown.exe command to schedule scripts to remotely shutdown all the machines. But, unfortunately they have been shutting down, but not powering off. I tried to use it on various hardware (like Dell, HP, IBM Desktops) and on Windows NT/Windows 2000, but ended up with the same result.
Also, I made the following change in the Registry,
/? Shows this screen.
\Computer Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
/L Specifies a local shutdown.
/A Abortes a systemshutdown. This is only possible during the
timeout period.If this switch is used, all other are ignored.
/R Specifies that the machine should reboot after shutdown.
/T:xx Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. defaul
"Msg" Specifies an additional message
/Y Answer all following questinons with yes
/C Forces running applications to close.
ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the
applications option to save data which may
have changed. You will see no File-Save dialog
box, because NT will force the application to
close. This will result in a loss of all data.
not previously saved !!!
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Raman at 7/12/01 1:46:46 PM
Hi there,
I have been trying to use shutdown.exe command to schedule scripts to remotely shutdown all the machines. But, unfortunately they have been shutting down, but not powering off. I tried to use it on various hardware (like Dell, HP, IBM Desktops) and on Windows NT/Windows 2000, but ended up with the same result.
Also, I made the following change in the Registry,
changed the value of PowerdownAfterShutdown to "1".
But, none of the above methods resolved my problems, the system would stop at "It is now safe to shutdown your computer".
I would highly appreciate if somebody would help me resolving this problem.
Thank you,
Regards,
Raman.
David Homer
07-14-2001, 05:38 AM
Hello,
Also you'll find that NT4 cannot power down machines - do these machines power off when you manually shut them down? If not check the Power Management options in the BIOS as if these are disable the machine will not power down (as I found with Intel SE440BX2 motherboards)
Cheers,
Dave
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eRr at 7/13/01 12:55:06 PM
Have you tried doing the shutdown command with a switch ?
/? Shows this screen.
\Computer Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
/L Specifies a local shutdown.
/A Abortes a systemshutdown. This is only possible during the
timeout period.If this switch is used, all other are ignored.
/R Specifies that the machine should reboot after shutdown.
/T:xx Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. defaul
"Msg" Specifies an additional message
/Y Answer all following questinons with yes
/C Forces running applications to close.
ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the
applications option to save data which may
have changed. You will see no File-Save dialog
box, because NT will force the application to
close. This will result in a loss of all data.
not previously saved !!!
------------
Raman at 7/12/01 1:46:46 PM
Hi there,
I have been trying to use shutdown.exe command to schedule scripts to remotely shutdown all the machines. But, unfortunately they have been shutting down, but not powering off. I tried to use it on various hardware (like Dell, HP, IBM Desktops) and on Windows NT/Windows 2000, but ended up with the same result.
Also, I made the following change in the Registry,
changed the value of PowerdownAfterShutdown to "1".
But, none of the above methods resolved my problems, the system would stop at "It is now safe to shutdown your computer".
I would highly appreciate if somebody would help me resolving this problem.
Thank you,
Regards,
Raman.
Raman
07-16-2001, 11:30 AM
Hi,
When I manually shutdown these computers, they will be powered down with out any problems. They are not powering down, only when I remotely shut them down.
I have checked Power Management options in BIOS, it seems to be enabled and if not it would not even power down, when I shut the machine down, from the machine.
Any further clues/help would be appreciated.
Regards,
Raman.
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David Homer at 7/14/01 6:38:13 AM
Hello,
Also you'll find that NT4 cannot power down machines - do these machines power off when you manually shut them down? If not check the Power Management options in the BIOS as if these are disable the machine will not power down (as I found with Intel SE440BX2 motherboards)
Cheers,
Dave
------------
eRr at 7/13/01 12:55:06 PM
Have you tried doing the shutdown command with a switch ?
/? Shows this screen.
\Computer Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
/L Specifies a local shutdown.
/A Abortes a systemshutdown. This is only possible during the
timeout period.If this switch is used, all other are ignored.
/R Specifies that the machine should reboot after shutdown.
/T:xx Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. defaul
"Msg" Specifies an additional message
/Y Answer all following questinons with yes
/C Forces running applications to close.
ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the
applications option to save data which may
have changed. You will see no File-Save dialog
box, because NT will force the application to
close. This will result in a loss of all data.
not previously saved !!!
------------
Raman at 7/12/01 1:46:46 PM
Hi there,
I have been trying to use shutdown.exe command to schedule scripts to remotely shutdown all the machines. But, unfortunately they have been shutting down, but not powering off. I tried to use it on various hardware (like Dell, HP, IBM Desktops) and on Windows NT/Windows 2000, but ended up with the same result.
Also, I made the following change in the Registry,