Shut down windows xp remotely

Any idea. I lost the ability to shutdown my pc from the start menu. The red button beside logoff is missing and i have to logoff first then shutdown which is pointless …… help me out and if you can e-mail me the response…. Shutdown option is missing from shutdown menu when u say shutdown, I dont get shutdown option only i get is log off option pls give solution on it the os is Windows Have you tried psshutdown as described in the article these comments accompany?

If you have another windows box with either windows or windows XP on it then you can use the manage MMC to connect to this machine and shut it down that way. Choose your shutdown flavor Shutdown, Reboot, etc. It needs some parameters. Log in remotely via Remote Desktop. Click somewhere on desktop no on icon or taskbar. Procceed as you desire. I make a. Plese simple tell me what to enter into one of these to shut down the system. How do I shut down a computer using only an IP?

Keep in mind, this computer is not on a network with mine. Why make it so hard? Log in via remote desktop, open Task manager right-click the task bar and choose restart from the Shutdown menu. Leo is right. If you do not have administrative priviledge you cannot run the task manager and the shutdown command is denied.

This freeware allows you to create a shortcut that can do almost any action on the pc. So give it a try if you ever need it.

I find Shutdown. How can i find it again???? To disable this option for remote users use the group policy editor. We run in a domain enviroment. I found it easy to download psshutdown from sysinternals. Use Google Fonts in Word. Use FaceTime on Android Signal vs. Customize the Taskbar in Windows What Is svchost. Best Smartwatches. Best Gaming Laptops. Best Smart Displays. Best Home Security Systems.

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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Great catch, sorry that it didn't pan out for you though. Full credits, sir. I'm impressed, really. Almost there. Please escape your backslashes on a bash command line. Johan Buret Johan Buret 4 4 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. Great if this work.

Please accept my answer, and give Richard Slater some credit too, I was just here for syntax. No, sorry, escaping doesn't help either. Are you specifying the Domain or Machine name: i. Richard Slater Richard Slater 3, 2 2 gold badges 27 27 silver badges 42 42 bronze badges.

TrueDuality TrueDuality 1, 5 5 gold badges 26 26 silver badges 37 37 bronze badges. The box runs XP Home, there's no such thing as local security policies. Does that mean remote shutdown can't work? Or that it can't be disallowed?

The good news is that I can give you the location of the registry key to change. I'll do a bit more research to see what I can find. Norky Norky 4 4 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google.