How to shut down a remote server from DOS

In Windows 2003 there is a shutdown command that can be used to shutdown the computer whether it is local or remote computer. There are often times when the remote server can not be reached via Terminal services ( Remote Desktop) and needs to be forced a restart using another tool. The shutdown command built into Windows 2003 is a handy tool and has worked for me in those situations more than a few times.

For all parameters for the command go to the DOS prompt and type:

Shutdown /?

If you are looking to give a remote computer/server a quick restart type this command, replace computername with the Name of the computer that you want to restart.

shutdown /r /m \\computername /t seconds /f {force shutdown, no warning}