Torgeir
Wed Mar 16 00:59:14 CST 2005
Al Dunbar [MS-MVP] wrote:
> "Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-spam@hydro.com> wrote in message
> news:%23hoGYiXKFHA.1308@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>
>>D.P. Roberts wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Is it possible to do remote logoffs on winxp clients without using wmi?
>>>
>>>The reason I don't want to use wmi is that wmi fails if the wbem
>>>\repository directory becomes corrupt, which it does from time to time.
>>
>>Hi
>>
>>PsShutdown.exe is in the free PsTools suite:
>>
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pstools.shtml
>>
>>It can take a file with computer names as input as well.
>>
>>
>>BeyondExec does also have the ability to shutdown groups of computers
>>(multiple computer support is handled by multi-threaded routines
>>speeding up the issuing of jobs):
>>
>>
http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/remoteprocess/BeyondExec.htm
>
>
> If you are running the script on an XP system, you could try using the
> CMD.EXE command, shutdown, which also accepts a computername parameter.
Hi,
Yes, but it have it's issues, so I usually refer people to the other
ones that work better.
--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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