Have you ever needed to remotely restart a Windows XP or Windows 2000 machine? Several scripted options exist (e.g., in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit). However, you can accomplish the same task from the Microsoft Management Console (MMC).

  1. Open a computer management console for the machine you want to restart. I usually right-click the My Computer desktop icon and select Manage, then right-click Computer Management and select Connect to another computer. From the list, select the remote system you want to restart. Click OK.
  2. In the new window, right-click Computer Management and select Properties.
  3. In the dialog box that opens, select the Advanced tab.
  4. Click the Startup and recovery Settings button.
  5. Click Shut Down. The dialog box that opens will give you some shutdown options (e.g., Restart, Power down). Select the option you want and click OK.

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Reader Comments

Exactly what i was looking for. Great information!

Thanks

Nader El-Ramly

I did not work for me:-( . When I select properties I get a dialog box that says "Win32: The RPC Server Unavailable" and hides the advanced tab.

Emil

Exactly right! Had a brain cramp and this was right on time. Thanks!

DDubble

Good work. Never knew how to do that and I pride myself on knowing Windows back-to-front. Thanks for the quick, comprehensive lesson :)

Stuart

How to convert this procedure to be made way command line? I do not want shutdown.exe, does not function here perfectly.

delto

hi all I just need how to restart the service termsrv.exe on other different server, which is not connecting from my server but both the servers have been trusted

praveen

Hi, try the free set of command-line tools from www.sysinternals.com. The PS-TOOLS set contains psservice for remotely controlling services and psshutdown for restart options + some more. Great for scripting!

Anonymous User

when i was try this i got the error messege

win32 access is denied !

but i am in user mode in windows2000.

by dinesh

Anonymous User

Good site, quick answer - very good author.

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Anonymous User

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