Hello, I have 2 computers on a lan, and want to be able to start up / shutdown one of the computer remotely. I will work on starting up later, just trying to use windows XP remote shutdown tool. Using shutdown.exe -s -m 192.168.1.101 -t 5 -f as the command. I keep getting an error saying The Network Path was not found. It is definetly the right IP, I pinged it and it replies. Do I need to change some settings on the computers so it allows me to shut it down? Thanks
You need to use the server name in the unc path not the ip; example- shutdown -r -f -m \\MyServer -t 60 tells the pc to shutdown, (-r) reboot (-f) force any apps to close, (-m \\name ) the name of the remote system, and the (-t) time to do so You could also use the -d (u, p ) options with a specified numeric parameter to tell why the system is shutting down. See windows XP help for more info
I had used \\CompOne before and still displayed same message ("The Network Path was not found"). The computers are connected through a router, do I need to open some sort of port to allow this?
