5 Ways To Remotely Shutdown A Computer

If you’re trying to shut down a Mac remotely, see Method 4.

Windows 10 and 8. 1 - Right-click the Windows button and select “Command Prompt. " Windows 7 and earlier - Select “Command Prompt” from the Start menu.

You can add multiple computers as long as they are all configured for remote shutdown.

You can find a computer’s name in its “System” window (⊞ Win+Pause).

You can choose to shutdown the remote computer or restart it. You can warn the users that their computers will be shut down. This is highly recommended if you know people are using the computers. You can adjust the length of the warning that is displayed. You can add a reason and comment at the bottom of the Window. These will be added to the logs, which is important if you have multiple administrators or need to be able to review your actions later.

Open the Command Prompt on the remote computer and type ipconfig. Look for the IPv4 address. Open your router’s configuration page and look for the DHCP client table. This will display all of the devices connected to your network.

sudo apt-get install samba-common You’ll be required to enter your Linux root password in order to proceed with the installation.

net rpc shutdown -I IP address -U user%password Replace IP address with the remote computer’s IP address (e. g. 192. 168. 1. 25) Replace user with the Windows user’s username. Replace password with the Windows user’s password.

You can find the Terminal in the Utilities folder in your Applications directory. You can do this from Windows by using an SSH program such as PuTTY to connect to the Mac via the command line. See Use SSH on Windows for details on using PuTTY. Once you’re connected via SSH, you can use the same following commands. [3] X Research source

See Find Your IP Address on a Mac for details on finding a Mac’s IP address.

If you’d rather restart the computer, add -r after shutdown.