How to Shutdown a Network Computer [LAN] [ALUF]

Shutting down a server or other remote computer is possible from the convenience of your own PC. It's not hard to learn to shutdown a remote Windows computer from your own desktop on a LAN. You'll just have to learn the proper computer command shorthands
Steps



1Open the command prompt.
This may be done by clicking on the "Start" button, and selecting "Run".







2
Type in cmd and press Enter.

3
Type in shutdown -m \\computername, replacing "computername" with the name of the computer you wish to shutdown or the computer's IP address.

4
Experiment with the shutdown commands switches.
-r will force a restart, disabling any services or user interaction from interrupting it.
-c "comment" will force a comment to appear on the system being shutdown.
-t xx will force a timeout for "xx" seconds. For example, -t 60 would perform a shutdown after a 60-second timeout.
-a will abort the shutdown.
A full command example: shutdown -m \\myserver -r -c "This system will shutdown in 60 seconds" -t 60



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Try another method:
Type shutdown -i in the run window.
Click the "Add" box and type the name of the computer you want to shutdown or its IP address. You can select what you want the computer to do.
In this mode, it's necessary to add a comment. Do so.
Press OK.