shutdown windows pc from mac

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shutdown windows pc from mac

Hi all, is there a way to send a shutdown command from a Mac to a windows machine, assuming they're on the same network?

Thankyou! 🙂

iMac 21,5 9400M - Mac Mini C2D 1.83 - iPhone 3G 8gb, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 7:03 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 16, 2009 8:01 AM in response to Francesco Villa

Use this: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/remote-desktop/default.mspx

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Answer 2

Nov 16, 2009 8:26 AM in response to Francesco Villa

Hi, thankyou for your reply.
I can't use a remode desktop connection: the operation must be launched automatically when my UPS starts.

1. main power goes down, UPS starts feeding the iMac
2. iMac shuts down the win machine
3. iMac shuts down

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Answer 3

Nov 19, 2009 10:18 PM in response to Francesco Villa

I use a vb script to shut down Windows machines (there are other ways to do this too):

'BEGIN VBS *************************************************************************
Set OpSysSet = GetObject("winmgmts:{(Shutdown)}//./root/cimv2").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where Primary=true")

for each OpSys in OpSysSet
OpSys.Shutdown()
next
'END VBS *************************************************************************

Save that code as 'ShutdownComputer.vbs' and then execute it.

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Answer 4

Nov 20, 2009 6:34 PM in response to Francesco Villa

use apple remote desktop the best. you can shut down your pc and when it starts up it doesnt have to log in for you to remote you can enter your pw (i thought that was cool)

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Answer 5

Nov 20, 2009 8:41 PM in response to kingcyprus

use apple remote desktop

ARD cannot remotely shut down a PC unless you establish a VNC connection and shut it down manually by taking control of the PC. Unless you're talking out Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection for Mac then you need to clarfiy which software you're referring to.

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Answer 6

Nov 21, 2009 12:53 AM in response to Templeton Peck

sorry i forgot to say download uvnc.

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Answer 7

Nov 21, 2009 2:16 AM in response to Francesco Villa

Hi all, thanks for your replies.
I've decided to connect the UPS to the w2k3 machine: it's a server and it's running 24/7. When the ups kicks in the w2k3 pc shuts down automatically, but only after sending via ssh a wakeup and a shutdown command to the mac.
I've foud this software www.ups-software-download.com that seems to run on osx... it may be useful.

Bye 🙂

Message was edited by: Francesco Villa

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