Spectrus
01-10-2012, 10:03 PM
Been bored and browsing the interwebs and picked up something sort of neat. Figured I'd share. What we're going to do is learn how to shutdown other computers in your local network remotely.
First, we need to determine who's in your local network, and what their names are. To do this, click start and type cmd, then press enter. This will open the command prompt. Once you have this open, type 'net view'. You should now have a list of the computers in your network.
http://i.imgur.com/JiDG5.png
This is what you can expect to see after typing 'net view'.
Now, while still in command prompt, type 'shutdown -i'. This should open an interface similar to the one shown below.
http://i.imgur.com/7qrfJ.png
This is what you will be greeted with after typing 'shutdown -i'.
Click "Add..." and you should be greeted with a menu to add computer names. Note that you can separate computer names by line or with a space, and it is not case-sensitive. You can't use capitalized letters.
http://i.imgur.com/Pz15w.png
This example will add test, computer, example, AND last as the computers you wish to shutdown.
Once you have added the computer(s) that you wish to shutdown, you can choose what you want the computer to do, the dropdown list is under the list of names you added.
The option to warn users is pretty useful. If you want the computer to shutdown instantly, select not to warn the user. If you want a delayed shutdown, then warn them and set the time to however many seconds you want it to be delayed. Note that if you are doing a delayed shutdown, the specified computer WILL be warned that they are about to be shut down.
http://i.imgur.com/6KHA8.png
This is what the shutdown warning would look like on the computer being shut down.
The Shutdown Event Tracker is not really relevant unless you are doing a warning. Whatever you put in the comment box will be what appears in the notification on the specified computer.
As a side note, the way to stop YOUR OWN computer from shutting down if someone tries this on you is to type 'shutdown -a' in command prompt. You would need to do this as soon as possible after the warning appears, due to the fact that you do not know how long they have set as the delay.
Good luck, and enjoy!
First, we need to determine who's in your local network, and what their names are. To do this, click start and type cmd, then press enter. This will open the command prompt. Once you have this open, type 'net view'. You should now have a list of the computers in your network.
http://i.imgur.com/JiDG5.png
This is what you can expect to see after typing 'net view'.
Now, while still in command prompt, type 'shutdown -i'. This should open an interface similar to the one shown below.
http://i.imgur.com/7qrfJ.png
This is what you will be greeted with after typing 'shutdown -i'.
Click "Add..." and you should be greeted with a menu to add computer names. Note that you can separate computer names by line or with a space, and it is not case-sensitive. You can't use capitalized letters.
http://i.imgur.com/Pz15w.png
This example will add test, computer, example, AND last as the computers you wish to shutdown.
Once you have added the computer(s) that you wish to shutdown, you can choose what you want the computer to do, the dropdown list is under the list of names you added.
The option to warn users is pretty useful. If you want the computer to shutdown instantly, select not to warn the user. If you want a delayed shutdown, then warn them and set the time to however many seconds you want it to be delayed. Note that if you are doing a delayed shutdown, the specified computer WILL be warned that they are about to be shut down.
http://i.imgur.com/6KHA8.png
This is what the shutdown warning would look like on the computer being shut down.
The Shutdown Event Tracker is not really relevant unless you are doing a warning. Whatever you put in the comment box will be what appears in the notification on the specified computer.
As a side note, the way to stop YOUR OWN computer from shutting down if someone tries this on you is to type 'shutdown -a' in command prompt. You would need to do this as soon as possible after the warning appears, due to the fact that you do not know how long they have set as the delay.
Good luck, and enjoy!