Nowadays there are many software utilities which can automate the task of shutting down a Windows computer, enabling automatic computer control. On a home PC, every user may have the shutdown option, but in computers on large networks (such as Active Directory), an administrator can revoke the access rights of selected users to shut down a Windows computer.
Just like other operating systems, Windows has the option to prohibit selected users from shutting down a computer. Options include shutting down the system and powering off, automatically restarting the system after shutting down, or putting the system into stand-by mode. In Microsoft Windows and ReactOS, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the Shutdown item from the Start menu on the desktop. The above is from Windows 7 (this has now moved to the same window in some versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows 10). You can check more commands in the screenshot below if you need more functions regarding the above.Shutdown options have been moved from a separate dialog box to the start menu, in Windows Vista and later versions of Microsoft Windows. To hibernate your PC, enter the below command and press enter.
shutdown /p Hibernate your Local Computer If you want to shut down your computer without warning, enter the below command. shutdown /s /m \\ target PC name here Shut down your PC without any warning or notification
Replace the target PC name here with your target PC name. If you don’t have administrative access, you will not be able to access that PC from your PC. Shutdown /s /t 100 /c "Need to go out" Shut down Remote PCįor this, you must have administrative access to that PC that you want to shut down. You can write any message inside the quotation.
This is often required when some other work or restricted time limit is present.