I tried to use the shutdown.exe command on a remote PC.

I am very familiar with how it works and the options that it comes with.

shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -m //computername -c "Maintance" -d P:2:17

However, it is SAYING "Access Denied" when i try to run this command on a remote PC. Any advice?Of course
You have to be administrator on the remote computer. So... If that computer it is not in a domain, you have to use on your computer an account with the same name and password as one administrator account on the remote computer.
You may also want to use the "-f" option.
Where did you find info for "-d" option?Was doing some research on it, and FOUND quite a bit on the -d option.

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/d u:xx:yy : List a USER reason code for the shutdown.
/d P:xx:yy : List a PLANNED reason code for the shutdown.
xx Specifies the major reason code (0-255)
yy Specifies the minor reason code (0-65536)


Typical Reason codes:
E = Expected
U = Unexpected
P = planned (C = customer defined)

Type Major Minor Title
U 0 0 Other (Unplanned)
E 0 0 Other (Unplanned)
E P 0 0 Other (Planned)
U 0 5 Other Failure: System Unresponsive
E 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Unplanned)
E P 1 1 Hardware: Maintenance (Planned)
E 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Unplanned)
E P 1 2 Hardware: Installation (Planned)
P 2 3 Operating System: Upgrade (Planned)
E 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Unplanned)
E P 2 4 Operating System: Reconfiguration (Planned)
P 2 16 Operating System: Service pack (Planned)
2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Unplanned)
P 2 17 Operating System: Hot fix (Planned)
2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Unplanned)
P 2 18 Operating System: Security fix (Planned)
E 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Unplanned)
E P 4 1 Application: Maintenance (Planned)
E P 4 2 Application: Installation (Planned)
E 4 5 Application: Unresponsive
E 4 6 Application: Unstable
U 5 15 System Failure: Stop error
E 5 19 Security issue
U 5 19 Security issue
E P 5 19 Security issue
E 5 20 Loss of network connectivity (Unplanned)
U 6 11 Power Failure: Cord Unplugged
U 6 12 Power Failure: Environment
P 7 0 Legacy API shutdown

e.g. SHUTDOWN /r /d P:2:17

Code: [Select]Anyway, the QUESTION still remains, is there a WAY that I can Access a Remote PC that has a different Administrator's Login than mine and have full access.

I am admin on all my systems, but student have there own Admin Account under weird names, so it is quite hard to make over 60+ accounts just for the shutdown.exe to work.

Advice?If you don't want to add all those computer to a domain, you could ask your students to add your account to their "Local administrators" group. Your account (what they should enter) will be:
your_computer_name\administrator

(or another account on your machine, for which you know the password and which you will use to control their machines)

So, they have to (example for Windows XP): right-click on "My Computer", then choose "Manage", "Local users and groups", "Groups", double click on "Administrators" and then choose "Add".

The problem is not a simple one, as they may (MUST) have a firewall and you should play with that also.