rebooting locked computer over a network

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sorry, didn't mention they are all XP pro.

also sorry i didn't say "thanks for your help"
Snappy
>-----Original Message-----
>here's the problem: workstation A in the office fails to
>allow remote connection. can i remotely access
>workstation B in the office and restart workstation A??
>.
>

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Can you use the "shutdown" command-line service?

Go to run, type "cmd" and then type "shutdown" - this will give you more
info about the service (it wont actually shutdown the machine until you give
it some command-line options).

Thanks,
Jack



"sanppy sammy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1cbc801c45338$7c8017e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> sorry, didn't mention they are all XP pro.
>
> also sorry i didn't say "thanks for your help"
> Snappy
> >-----Original Message-----
> >here's the problem: workstation A in the office fails to
> >allow remote connection. can i remotely access
> >workstation B in the office and restart workstation A??
> >.
> >

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Yes - but you need to have administrative permissions on Workstation
A...

shutdown -i will give you a GUI interface...

Jeffrey Randow (Windows Networking & Smart Display MVP)
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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:14:33 -0700, "sanppy sammy"
<sybarite1@hotmail.com> wrote:

>here's the problem: workstation A in the office fails to
>allow remote connection. can i remotely access
>workstation B in the office and restart workstation A??