Remote Reboot on XP

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

The message 'Access is denied' is probably because you do not have
administrative privileges on the remote machine to execute the 'shutdown'
command.
Try the following sequence:
1) net use \\hostname\ipc$
Enter the administrative priveleged credentials when prompted

2) Now give the shutdown command


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Thanks,
Janani.

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"Grant" <geashworth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6ddb01c4838e$30d11520$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I am looking for a way to remotely reboot XP pc's!
>
> I have downloaded various tools that promise this
> functionality, but unfortunately they all come to the
> same conclusion : "Access Denied" This has something to
> do with the Default Security Model that XP defaults to
> (or so I believe)
>
> The command shutdown -r -m \\[hostname] also delivers
> a "Access is Denied" message
>
> Someone please set me straight and guide me to this
> reletavely simple procedure.
> Is there a way (reletavely simple one) of disabling this
> security so that I can also copy files "to" the relevant
> host and not have to pull the file from a share on the
> lan?
>
> Flummoxed!

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

Command Achieved Successfully, desregard last comment.

I hadn't enabled the "Guest" account -Cheeky Monkey- and
that then let me give the net use command!

But is there a way to remotely enable these guest
accounts in a batch script?

-"with egg on my face!"




>-----Original Message-----
>Brilliant!
>
>But, I am now prompted to provide a new username and
>password.
>
>I proceed to enter Administrator as the username and the
>default password which is <none> and get: Logon failure:
>unknown user name or bad password.
>
>I have ventured sililar avenues with various clone
>programs, but they all bring me to the same point, where
>I logon as "Guest" and have to put in a password. "Guest
>is enabled on the machines in question with no password
>set (or at least set to blank)
>
>My thinking @ the moment is that there is some sort of
>default local policy in XP that prevents all remote
>access. Is there not a registry key that helps me
>sidestep this on my local LAN?
>
>
>
>-discombobulated!
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>The message 'Access is denied' is probably because you
>do not have
>>administrative privileges on the remote machine to
>execute the 'shutdown'
>>command.
>> Try the following sequence:
>> 1) net use \\hostname\ipc$
>> Enter the administrative priveleged
credentials
>when prompted
>>
>> 2) Now give the shutdown command
>>
>>
>>--
>>Thanks,
>>Janani.
>>
>>---------------------------------
>>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>confers no rights.
>>
>>"Grant" <geashworth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:6ddb01c4838e$30d11520$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I am looking for a way to remotely reboot XP pc's!
>>>
>>> I have downloaded various tools that promise this
>>> functionality, but unfortunately they all come to the
>>> same conclusion : "Access Denied" This has something
to
>>> do with the Default Security Model that XP defaults to
>>> (or so I believe)
>>>
>>> The command shutdown -r -m \\[hostname] also delivers
>>> a "Access is Denied" message
>>>
>>> Someone please set me straight and guide me to this
>>> reletavely simple procedure.
>>> Is there a way (reletavely simple one) of disabling
>this
>>> security so that I can also copy files "to" the
>relevant
>>> host and not have to pull the file from a share on the
>>> lan?
>>>
>>> Flummoxed!
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>