Shutdown computer using VBScript

Hi. I am trying to shutdown a group of computers that are on the
domain using a VBScript. When the user launches the VBScript it will
ask for the time in seconds before the computer shutdowns. It is being
done based on the way the command prompt does i.e. shutdown -m \
\computerName -s -t 00. I know the script will work if I make the
computer shutdown ignoring the user input but need to know how to do
it so the user can select how long it will be before it shutdown.

Thanks very much for anyone who can help me in this matter.

Newbie
Thu Jun 14 17:54:43 CDT 2007

Christopher,

Are all the machines XP? I ask because you are using the shudown.exe switches

If a user types a non-numeric character then it will fail

The best place to look is in the script center on Technet:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

You'll be better off doing it via WMI:


http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/desktop/state/dmstvb08.mspx?mfr=true

Lastly. Spoof your e-mail usless you like SPAM

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Newbie Coder
(It's just a name)



<christopher_board@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi. I am trying to shutdown a group of computers that are on the
> domain using a VBScript. When the user launches the VBScript it will
> ask for the time in seconds before the computer shutdowns. It is being
> done based on the way the command prompt does i.e. shutdown -m \
> \computerName -s -t 00. I know the script will work if I make the
> computer shutdown ignoring the user input but need to know how to do
> it so the user can select how long it will be before it shutdown.
>
> Thanks very much for anyone who can help me in this matter.
>