Reboot or Shutdown Windows PC remotely

By rashid, 3 May, 2023

There are several command line that are most useful:

  • /s – Shutdown the computer
  • /r – restart computer
  • /m \\computer – Specify the remote computer
  • /l – Log off
  • /t xxx – Set the time out period before shutdown to xxx seconds
  • /c “comment” – Message to display on the screen before restart or shutdown

Now let’s move on to some examples. To restart remote computer (hostname: pc2):

shutdown /r /m \\pc2

To restart remote computer (hostname: pc2) with a custom message:

shutdown /m \\pc2  /c "The Sys Admin has initiated a remote restart on your computer!"

For an immediate restart i.e. no countdown: shutdown /r /m \\pc2 /t 0

If no one is using the computer, you can use the command below to restart the computer immediately having IP 192.168.100.100:  shutdown /r /m \\192.168.100.100 /t 0 /f

Log user off the remote computer: shutdown /l /m\\pc2

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