Remote Shutdown Issues

[curly fries]

I have one computer and two laptops on my network, two running windows 7 home and one running vista. The vista computer is connected to the router via an ethernet cable and the two windows 7 laptops are wireless. When i try to shutdown the vista computer from one of the windows 7 computers it says one of two things: 'Access Denied (5)' or 'failed to connect to registry'
Please help
THANKS IN ADVANCE

 

[Saga Lout]

Networking computers together doesn't give you remote control over them. You need to turn the Vista system off from its own Start button.

 

[astralbaby]

what are you using to attempt to shutdown the Vista PC?

 

[curly fries]

Networking computers together doesn't give you remote control over them. You need to turn the Vista system off from its own Start button.

WHAT THE **** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!! I WANT TO REMOTLEY SHUTDOWN THE VISTA PC FROM MY WINDOWS 7 LAPTOP!!!

 

[curly fries]

what are you using to attempt to shutdown the Vista PC?

Cmd, shutdown -i (Only if necessary), shutdown -m \\

 

[curly fries]

I will use any recommended programs as long as they are safe and don't have to be installed on the vista PC.

 

[Saga Lout]

WHAT THE **** ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!! I WANT TO REMOTLEY SHUTDOWN THE VISTA PC FROM MY WINDOWS 7 LAPTOP!!!

No need to shout, sonny - if you don't like the advice just ignore it - you're the one with the problem here.

So you don't want to install anything on the Vista machine - is that because the owner might notice it?

 

[curly fries]

No need to shout, sonny - if you don't like the advice just ignore it - you're the one with the problem here.

So you don't want to install anything on the Vista machine - is that because the owner might notice it?

Well i don't want to because of that reason and because he might see me do it.

 

[Saga Lout]

And for which precise reason I wasn't about to be precise in my advice. Forcing a shutdown on another person's system while they're working and with unsaved data might seem fun but in a working environment, it isn't clever and it isn't funny.

Anyway, since you've got so far, try your command again and this time, name the computer after the two \\. There are other switches - one to warn to save files and another to force programme closure. the \i switch should bring up a GUI doalig box for you to specify which box to target.

 

[curly fries]

And for which precise reason I wasn't about to be precise in my advice. Forcing a shutdown on another person's system while they're working and with unsaved data might seem fun but in a working environment, it isn't clever and it isn't funny.

Anyway, since you've got so far, try your command again and this time, name the computer after the two \\. There are other switches - one to warn to save files and another to force programme closure. the \i switch should bring up a GUI doalig box for you to specify which box to target.

I am not at work i am at home.

 

[Saga Lout]

One more thought - you have to be an administrator in both systems or be using the Administrator account in one so long as the other has the same name for the system Administrator. Vista's is hidden by defauot so that could be the problem. Try calling the Command Prompt straight from the c:\windows\system32\cmd file, thus elevating it to Admin level.

 

[curly fries]

One more thought - you have to be an administrator in both systems or be using the Administrator account in one so long as the other has the same name for the system Administrator. Vista's is hidden by default so that could be the problem. Try calling the Command Prompt straight from the c:\windows\system32\cmd file, thus elevating it to Admin level.

Still got access denied

 

[Saga Lout]

Seems to me you have to get to that Vista machine and gie yourself an Admin account with the same name and password as in your own system.

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[curly fries]

Seems to me you have to get to that Vista machine and gie yourself an Admin account with the same name and password as in your own system.

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Is there any chance that i don't have to do that?

 

[bdubs85]

Is there any chance that i don't have to do that?

no. you need either "the" Admin account, or an account with admin privileges.

 

[curly fries]

i'll try it