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check the domain policy or the local policy of the machine...if appropriate rights are not given to
local security policy/user rights assignment/force shutdown of a remote system
the you won't be able to force a remote shutdown...
btw unless there is a compelling reason to have remote shut down enabled it's a good idea to not...it can be a security risk if someone force you system to reboot...
On the remote computer yes however not on our network so.
Administrator privliges:
Local Computer-yes
Destination Computer-yes
Domain-no
Also since they are on a domain and I am on a workgroup does that matter? I figured by having administrator rights and when the security policy states Enable shutdown from remote computer.....Administrators then it should work right? Like I said this is a psudeo-project for my domain in a way brand new and trying for the first time...like I said before just now learned how to access Admin$ and C$ on a hard drive.
So you have identical accounts on both computers with admin rights? If you're saying you're able to access administrative shares then you should indeed have admin access....
Ammo
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Also since they are on a domain and I am on a workgroup does that matter?
pretty sure that's your problem...if your network is set up properly you'll need to be a member of domain admins to perform domain functions like shutdown...
OK, next question if the target computer has force shutdown enabled and I am on a different workgroup will it work...like I said before MS never described or revealed any stipulations behind this.....anyone know what they are with a "hard copy" (page from MS or other) stating the stipulations?
Then next question if we are on the same workgroup will it work AHHH this is funny. I think I have it then I don't then I do then something else comes up...lol living on soda right now and about to go to the rack in a little bit.
Well, as I said, if you're NOT logging to a domain, ie: you logon to the local comptuer, you HAVE to have an identical account (same username and password, with in the admin group) on the remote host. If you DO logon to a domain, either need to be in the domain admin group OR do as if you were not in a domain. Obviously you need remote shutdown rights on the remote machine, but I believe the admin group has that right by default...
Ammo
i havent used that particular app before, but i assume it has optional user and password switches. try doing something like this(u = user switch, p = password, c(from what i gather) = close all running programs)
shutdown \\computername /u:computername\username /p:password /c
No no switches like that and I got the program to work however on a different computer and it the person wasn't doing anything she had left it open with no programs running no windows for IE or anything...wierd so I am thinking that it works just has a registry key that it triggers that won't work for the /c switch? Hmm, also I didn't have to copy the program over which leads me to believe that it is in the registry...sound right?