Network Computer Mass Shutdown

[Scottydog]

Evening,

Can anyone recommend software for a Windows 2008 Server to enable us to set times for our classroom computers to shutdown and then start up in the morning?

It has to be reliable and preferably give the user 5 minutes warning if the computer is still active.

Cheers in advance!

 

[KDF]

Just use psexec and a small scheduled script.

 

[Andy8CH]

Microsoft did a shutdown tool which was in one of the resource kits.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317371
Not sure where to download it from though.

And for startup you could try Wake on lan provided the machines are fairly recent.
Have a look at http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx
I use both to remotely start and shutdown a machine

 

[Longy]

 

[clio_mad]

I've got my work pc's bios set to boot up at 7:15 in time for me to get into work at 7:30 to log straight on.

Cant help on shutting down though.

 

[Woodentop]

have a look at nightwatchman from 1e
http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/NightWatchman/Index.aspx
They also do a product to turn machines on in the morning.

 

[Andy.]

nircmd is another free alternative is none of the above sort you out.

 

[dk]

have a look at nightw*tchman from 1e
http://www.1e.com/SoftwareProducts/Nightw*tchman/Index.aspx
They also do a product to turn machines on in the morning.

was also going to suggest nightw&tchman

 

[Scottydog]

I've got my work pc's bios set to boot up at 7:15 in time for me to get into work at 7:30 to log straight on.

Cant help on shutting down though.

We have a few Dell Optiplex machines which are set to do that but as you say it doesn't help shutdown and even if it did it would mean going around the hundreds of computers we have setting them up

Cheers for the other suggestions I will try them out! :approve:

More suggestions welcome though!

 

[Lee]

was also going to suggest nightw&tchman

Same here. We trialed it and was very impressed.

 

[Scottydog]

:lolup:

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Does that shutdown command for dos prompt not work on 2008?

You can do multiple computers, timers and messages with that.

 

[Scottydog]

Does that shutdown command for dos prompt not work on 2008?

You can do multiple computers, timers and messages with that.

shutdown /s /m \\machine-name works but it's not that reliable and it doesn't have the flexibility I would like and doesn't have a command for turning the machine back on again?

EDIT: Oh yeaah http://www.depicus.com/wake-on-lan/wake-on-lan-cmd.aspx

I would really like clever software which knows when the computer is active too tbh

I'm looking at http://www.1e.com/Downloads/Evaluate.aspx at the moment, looks good