Shutdown Windows 7 Remotely

I believe when read the title Shutdown Windows 7
remotely, many people will remember the infamous
Windows 2000 shutdown feature. I remember back
when time for computer lab class we
will begin the shutdown war inside the lab by typing
shutdown <ip_address> /y /c "Hey quick type
shutdown /a to prevent this shutdown…LoL"
Other student can shutdown and force your
computer remotely, no matter what you're doing,
and for me I always need to put my shutdown /a
batch script on my desktop to prevent this attack
I have 2 operating system for this tips and tricks, the
first one is My Windows 7, and the other computer
name is jeffrey on virtual Box. We will
learn how to shutdown the one on virtual Box
Requirements:
1. Command prompt
2. Remote computer credentials (don't ask for
shortcut to get credentials, you can learn other
tutorials from this blog how to get credentials as
well)
Step by step how to Shutdown Windows 7
Remotely:
1. Open up our command prompt (RUN and type
cmd) and type shutdown /? to view the help file and
knowing available switch.
C:\>shutdown /?
Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /
e] [/f]
[/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]
]
No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?.
/? Display help. This is the same as not typing any
options.
/i Display the graphical user interface (GUI).
This must be the first option.
/l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options.
/s Shutdown the computer.
/r Shutdown and restart the computer.
/g Shutdown and restart the computer. After the
system is
rebooted, restart any registered applications.
/a Abort a system shutdown.
This can only be used during the time-out period.
/p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or
warning.
Can be used with /d and /f options.
/h Hibernate the local computer.
Can be used with the /f option.
/e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown
of a computer.
/m \\computer Specify the target computer.
/t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx
seconds.
The valid range is 0-315360000 (10 years), with a
default of 30.
If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f
parameter is
implied.
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart
or shutdown.
Maximum of 512 characters allowed.
/f Force running applications to close without
forewarning users.
The /f parameter is implied when a value greater
than 0 is
specified for the /t parameter.
/d [p|u:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or
shutdown.
p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned.
u indicates that the reason is user defined.
If neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown
is
unplanned.
xx is the major reason number (positive integer less
than 256).
yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less
than 65536).
2. To shutdown the Windows 7 remote computer
what I need to do is running this command
shutdown /s /f /m \\jeffrey
But here's the result when I execute that code:
3. The error message Access is denied.(5) is there
because we haven't authenticate our computer to use
the resources on the remote computer. To solve the
error and authenticate our computer we need to put
the remote computer credentials.
NET USE \\<computer_name> <password> /
USER:<user_name>
Here is the screenshot when I execute the command:
In the USER I put the double quote because the
remote computer user name have a space character.
4. Now we already authenticate ourselves to the
remote computer and can do the shutdown remotely.
We can repeat the command on step number 2 or
add other command switch. Now when we execute
again the shutdown command, here is the result on
remote computer.
Here is the video how to do shutdown windows 7
remotely.
Conclusion:
1. To prevent the shutdown just run this command
shutdown /a