Hi there,

I have a number of Vista home basic and Win 7 home premium systems in a Workgroup. They are all configured with a static IP address. I am trying to do the following task from a central workstation which is also on the same Workgroup:

- Wake up these system if there are asleep
- shutdown and reboot of these systems
- use a batch file or something similar to achieve this since there are many workstation

I have tried with the "shutdown.exe' command but to no success. Can some suggest some documentation or point me in the correct directionhttp://www.fileguru.com/apps/shutdown_a_workgroup_computerAs for waking the systems up, you will need to make sure that the Network Cards in all of the PC's support 'Wake on LAN' (You will also need to look into software that will allow you to send 'Magic Packets' as those packets are what will wake the PC.)

As for being able to use a batch file you will only be able to achieve that if you upgrade to a version of Vista / Win7 that gives you the remote shutdown functionality as I don't think home editions do.

(Just to make sure open the 'Run' BOX, type in 'cmd' and then in the command prompt window type in 'shutdown -i' and press ENTER. This will open a graphical user interface for remotely shutting PC's down, if that doesn't work (which I don't think it will) then you can be sure it isn't supported.)

Hi namich2007,

1. Wake up these system if there are asleep

have a look at http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-008459.htm , it will teach you how to wake up a system through remotely


2. shutdown and reboot of these systems


To perform this procedure USING shutdown.exe, you must have the user rights to force a shutdown from a remote system.

Windows OS support shutdown command to remotely shutdown or restart the PC. Open the command prompt and type shutdown /? To see the list of switches available. Here are a couple of the command switches and they perform several actions like
-l: - Logs off the computer
-s: - Shuts down the computer
-r: - Restarts the computer
-m \\computername: - remote shutdown of a computer
-f: - Forces programs to close immediately


3. use a batch file or something similar to achieve this since there are many workstation

Sorry, i didn't get you CLEARLY, can you please more specific? Do you need to shutdown/ restart / wake up all the system using a single batch file?

Have a look at http://www.nsauditor.com/network_tools/remote_shutdown_help.html it is third party tool for remote administration like this..

Hope this helps!

Regards,
JiTh
Server AdministratorHello,
You said you are a beginner and you are open to any suggestions. The question you have placed can be answered by members of this forum. Many I suggest an alternative idea?
Perhaps you don't wish to leave all the computers on always to prevent a security problem and not waste energy. Perhaps a solution would be to have all the computers come on at the designated time. There is a feature inside of Windows that will allow computers to start at a predetermined time. Also, this feature might be available in the BIOS. Check the documentation or your computer to see if this is available in the BIOS.
The reason for suggesting this is because you present yourself as a beginner and the wake up LAN feature can be difficult to implement. Let me know if you wish to pursue the idea of an alternative clock-based solution.