

Page about shutting down and rebooting has several details. May vary between different versions of Microsoft Windows. The system, or similar actions like logging off a user. Software, like RUNDL元2, to initiate the action of restarting ShutDown /m \\ MachineName /r /c "optionalComment Enabling RDP" -d u:2:4 /f Or, to do this while leaving more of a trail in the logs: If someone might be using the computer, and if a brief warning would be helpful (by allowing the user to notice the warning and save any unsaved changes), the following may give a 45 second warning (before forcing programs closed: -t implies /f.) Remotely rebooting may need to have the right software enabled, so the following instructions are not guaranteed to succeed, but they might work:Īlternatively (especially if the request seemed to be successfully received, but the restart doesn't complete), try forcing programs closed to see if that helps the restart.

To reboot the local machine instead of a remote machine, simply leave off the “ /m \\ MachineName” from the following examples. Going to be desirable during the boot, then the (The way to not power off would simply be to not include the switch that Is recommended, so that there is an easy way to simply leave the system left YES is probably NOT a preferred approach: Instead,

Using this command with a variable set to Setting an environment variable which could also be set at a different time. In a most graceful manner, save unsaved work and perhaps delay any new tasks Of time, the system ends up providing end users some time to have a chance to, May impact which command of the other commands,Ĭommand has multiple nice benefits: It can add information to theĬan specify to shut down the system after a specified time. System's installation (before the first system reboot). Is usually available, although it is not available during the operating Some software which may shut down a systemįile does exist, back up that file if desired, as the The section about electrical power might provide some helpful details. Of course, computers have typically needed external power supplied (unless they have an internal source of power). Which ends up terminating all running software due to the shutdown occurring. Unix or JP Software) to see if there is an alias using any of those names, orĪn alias with any name similar to rebooting or shutting down a program, such In general, see if any of the following commands exist: Such as “ shutdown ”, may vary (being differentīetween BSD and Linux and both of those being different from Windows Vista). The specific command typically used to shut down the system (This section was marked with a note (which might be old now) stating “This section could be improved a Rebooting, powering off, or performing some other action like hibernation Shutting down a system often involves either
