Restarting a win 2k computer from the command line?

[/Armed\]

I cant find any info for this withoud installing some app. I have a HUGE upgrade that I'm working on (50,000 PC's) and It would be really nice for some of the batch files to reboot the PC's automatically after they are done installing the components. Thanks.

I'm trying to help a friend answer this question, yet so far I have come up short. Can anyone lend me a hand in answering his question?

Thanks.

/Armed

[Juridian]

I know you can do it via iisreset.

iisreset /reboot

[DjM]

Sysinternals has a product called PsShutdown. It's freeware, your buddy may be able to work this into his upgrade.

PsShutdown is a command-line utility similar to the shutdown utility from the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, but with the ability to do much more. In addition to supporting the same options for shutting down or rebooting the local or a remote computer, PsShutdown can logoff the console user or lock the console (locking requires Windows 2000 or higher). PsShutdown requires no manual installation of client software.

Hope it helps.


Cheers:

[phishphreek]

Doesn't 2k also have the shutdown.exe command?

I'm pretty sure it does. I'm on XP ATM so I can't check.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>shutdown /?
Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:y
y]

No args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u][p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

If not, you can get it from the win2k resource kit.

http://www.petri.co.il/download_free_reskit_tools.htm

Shutdown.zip

[nihil]

If that 50,000 really is FIFTY THOUSAND? then I would say that you need an app. Most I ever did was just under 7,000 (seven thousand). With an app. you write a script that includes all required re-boots.

You have not given much information? is this going to be done via remote management or what? how many in the largest block? what are the timescales, how long does the upgrade take, do you need admin rights, and so on.

Cheers

[/Armed\]

phishphreek80:

He went with your suggestion of shutdown.exe, so thanks.

nihil:

He didn't give me too much info, but he claims shutdown.exe is gonna do it for him.

Thankyou all for responding with great suggestions.

/Armed

[skiddieleet]

This thread should give him some help with shutdown.exe:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...082#post676374

I think if his network has a good naming scheme like
computer1 = HS1
computer2 = HS2

he could do a batch file with some sort of for loop to send the command to each computer incrementing the last number. I don't know that much about .bat files so I don't know if they have for loops. Just a suggestion.